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The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and revocation

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Exemptions

    4. 4.Application

    5. 5.Approved standards

  3. PART II CONSTRUCTION—ALL SHIPS

    1. 6.Structural strength

    2. 7.Peak and machinery space bulkheads and stern tubes Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    3. 8.Construction and testing of watertight bulkheads, decks and inner bottoms Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    4. 9.Construction and testing of watertight decks, trunks, tunnels, duct keels and ventilators Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    5. 10.Watertight doors

    6. 11.Tests of watertight doors Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    7. 12.Ballast and bilge pumping and drainage arrangements

    8. 12A.Openings in the shell plating below the freeboard deck Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st July 1998

  4. PART III STABILITY OF SHIPS OF 80 METRES OR OVER

    1. 13.Interpretation

    2. 14.Application

    3. 15.Subdivision indices

    4. 16.Stability information

    5. 17.Openings in watertight bulkheads and internal decks

    6. 18.External openings

  5. PART IV DOUBLE BOTTOMS IN SHIPS OTHER THAN TANKERS

    1. 19.Requirements for ships (other than tankers) constructed on or after 1st February 1992

  6. PART V DAMAGE CONTROL IN DRY CARGO SHIPS

    1. 20.Requirements for dry cargo ships constructed on or after 1st February 1992

  7. PART VI CONSTRUCTION—TANKERS

    1. 21.General

    2. 22.Location and separation of spaces

    3. 23.Cargo tank ventilation Requirements for tankers constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    4. 24.Ventilation of pump rooms and other enclosed spaces Requirements for tankers constructed on or after 25th May 1980

    5. 25.Inerting, ventilation and gas measurement Requirements for tankers constructed on or after 1st October 1994

    6. 26.Access to spaces in the cargo tank area of oil tankers Requirements for oil tankers constructed on or after 1st October 1994

  8. PART VII MACHINERY INSTALLATION

    1. 27.General

    2. 28.Machinery

    3. 29.Means of manoeuvring and going astern

    4. 30.Boilers and other pressure vessels

    5. 31.Boiler feed systems

    6. 32.Steam pipe systems

    7. 33.Air pressure systems

    8. 34.Cooling water systems

    9. 35.Oil and gaseous fuel installations

    10. 36.Lubricating and other oil systems

    11. 37.Remote control of propulsion machinery from the navigation bridge

    12. 38.Steering gear

    13. 39.Ventilating systems in machinery spaces Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    14. 40.Protection against noise Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    15. 41.Communication between navigating bridge and machinery space

    16. 42.Engineers’ alarm Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    17. 43.Spare gear

    18. 44.Periodically unattended machinery spaces Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st May 1981

    19. 45.Closing of openings Requirements for tankers constructed on or after 25th May 1980 and to other ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984.

  9. PART VII ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

    1. 46.General

    2. 47.Main source of electrical power and main switchboard

    3. 48.Lighting systems Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    4. 49.Emergency and transitional sources of electrical power and emergency switchboards

    5. 50.Location and construction of cables Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    6. 51.General precautions against shock, fire and other hazards Requirements for ships constructed on or after 26th May 1965

    7. 52.Electrical equipment in hazardous areas and spaces Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

  10. PART IX MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 53.Anchors, anchor handling equipment and chain cables

    2. 54.Emergency towing arrangements

    3. 54A.Safe access to tanker bows

    4. 54B.Corrosion prevention of seawater ballast tanks Requirements for oil tankers and bulk carriers constructed on or after 1st July 1998

    5. 54C.Combustible gas indicators

    6. 55.Materials used in construction Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

    7. 56.Gas welding, flame cutting and domestic gaseous fuel installations Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984

  11. PART X EQUIVALENTS, PENALTIES AND DETENTION

    1. 57.Alternative construction, equipment and machinery

    2. 58.Penalties

    3. 59.Power to detain

  12. Signature

  13. Explanatory Note

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