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The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975
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Sleeping rooms
20.—(1) Unless the circumstances are such that no members of the crew are required to sleep on board, sleeping rooms shall be provided for the crew.
(2) Every watch of deck and engine room ratings, or ratings of a similar grade on watch duty shall, where reasonably practicable, be provided with separate sleeping rooms. Daymen shall be provided with sleeping rooms separate from those of watchkeepers. Sleeping rooms for officers shall be separate from those for ratings.
(3) The maximum number of persons accommodated in sleeping rooms shall be as follows:
(i)Officers: wherever practicable 1 person per room and in no case more than 2 persons per room.
(ii)Ratings: wherever practicable 2 or 3 persons per room and in no case more than the following:
(a)
in vessels of under 35·1 metres in length, 6 persons;
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in vessels of 35·1 metres in length and over, 4 persons.
(4) (a) The minimum floor area provided per person for each occupant of a sleeping room shall be as follows:
| in vessels of under 26·8 metres in length | 0·75 square metres; |
| in vessels of 26·8 metres in length or over but less than 35·1 metres in length | 0·9 square metres; |
| in vessels of 35·1 metres in length or over | 1·0 square metre. |
(b)In determining the floor area of a room for the purpose of this paragraph, spaces occupied by beds, clothes lockers and wardrobes shall not be included.
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