The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975

Interior bulkheads

8.—(1) All bulkheads within the crew accommodation shall be properly constructed of steel or other suitable material.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this regulation—

(a) every bulkhead which separates any part of the crew accommodation from:

(i) sanitary accommodation;

(ii) a laundry;

(iii) a drying room;

(iv) a galley;

(v) a cold store room; or

(vi) a dry provision store room;

shall be of gastight construction; and

(b) every bulkhead which separates any part of the crew accommodation from any of the spaces specified in sub-paragraphs (i)-(v) inclusive of this paragraph shall be watertight to a height of not less than 230 millimetres, except in the case of doorways situate in bulkheads when the bulkheads shall be watertight to a height of not less than 100 millimetres.

(3) The requirements of paragraph (2) shall not apply to bulkheads separating:

(a) a space appropriated for a particular use from another space appropriated for the same use,

(b) a galley from a pantry,

(c) a laundry from a drying room,

(d) sanitary accommodation appropriated to the sole use of one person from the sleeping room of that person if there is direct access from the sleeping room to the sanitary accommodation.

(4) Subject to the provisions of regulations 25(3) and 28(3), there shall be no openings in any bulkhead separating a sleeping room or mess room from any sanitary accommodation, laundry or drying room.