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1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975.
(2) These Rules apply to every mechanically propelled sea-going fishing vessel registered in the United Kingdom under Part I or entered in the fishing boat register under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894.
(3) Parts I, III, and IV of these Rules shall come into operation on 1st May 1975.
(4) All remaining Parts of these Rules shall come into operation—
(a)in respect of fishing vessels to which these Rules apply other than fishing vessels described in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Rule—
(i)if the keel of the vessel was laid before 1st January 1947—
on 1st October 1975 for vessels of 21 metres in length and over;
on 1st April 1976 for vessels of 18 metres in length and over but less than 21 metres in length;
on 1st October 1976 for vessels of 15 metres in length and over but less than 18 metres in length;
on 1st April 1977 for vessels of less than 15 metres in length;
(ii)if the keel of the vessel was laid on or after 1st January 1947 but before 1st January 1960—
on 1st October 1977 for vessels of 21 metres in length and over;
on 1st April 1978 for vessels of 18 metres in length and over but less than 21 metres in length;
on 1st October 1978 for vessels of 15 metres in length and over but less than 18 metres in length;
on 1st April 1979 for vessels of less than 15 metres in length;
(iii)if the keel of the vessel was laid on or after 1st January 1960 but before 1st May 1975—
on 1st October 1979 for vessels of 21 metres in length and over;
on 1st April 1980 for vessels of 18 metres in length and over but less than 21 metres in length;
on 1st October 1980 for vessels of 15 metres in length and over but less than 18 metres in length;
on 1st April 1981 for vessels of less than 15 metres in length;
(iv)if the keel of the vessel was laid on or after 1st May 1975 pursuant to an agreement for the construction of the vessel entered into before that date, on 1st April 1980;
(v)if the keel of the vessel was laid on or after 1st May 1975 pursuant to an agreement for the construction of the vessel entered into on or after that date, on 1st July 1975;
(b)in the case of fishing vessels engaged on single or twin boom fishing to which these Rules apply, if the keel of the vessel was laid on or after 1st January 1947 but before 1st May 1975, on 1st July 1977;
(c)in the case of fishing vessels of 24.4 metres in length and over to which these Rules apply, other than fishing vessels referred to in sub-paragraph 4(b) of this Rule, which at 1st May 1975 are vessels—
(i)classed with Lloyd's Register of Shipping and which continue to be so classed until 1st April 1980; or
(ii)in respect of or in connection with which a grant or loan has been made or is to be made under the Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 and which are thereby subject to inspection by a person authorised by the White Fish Authority or Herring Industry Board and continue to be subject to such inspection until 1st April 1980
on 1st April 1980.
(5) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively:—
“`A' class division” means
constructed of steel or other equivalent material;
suitably stiffened;
so constructed as to be capable of preventing the passage of smoke and flame to the end of the 60 minute standard fire test; and
so insulated where necessary with suitable non-combustible materials such that, if the division is exposed to the standard fire test, the average temperature of the unexposed side of the division will rise not more than 139°C above the initial temperature nor will the temperature at any one point, including any joint, rise more than 180°C above the initial temperature within the time listed below:
A—60 standard | 60 minutes |
A—0 standard | 0 minutes |
“`B' class divisions” means
are so constructed as to be capable of preventing the passage of flame to the end of the first 30 minutes of the standard fire test;
have an insulation value such that during the standard fire test the average temperature of the unexposed side will not rise more than 140°C above its initial temperature, nor will its temperature at any one point, including any joint, rise more than 225°C above its initial temperature within the time listed below:
B—30 standard | 30 minutes |
B—15 standard | 15 minutes |
B—0 standard | 0 minutes; |
except in the case of divisions constructed of glass reinforced plastic, are constructed of suitable non-combustible materials and their supporting members or structures are also constructed of non-combustible materials;
“Accommodation spaces” means
“Breadth of a vessel” means
to the moulded line of the frame of a vessel with a metal shell; or
to the outer surface of the hull of a vessel with a shell of any other material or of a composite vessel;
“Class C boat” means
“Control stations” means
“Crew space” means
“Dead ship condition” means
“Distant water voyage” means
coast of Norway at 65°00&min;N
65°00&min;N 8°00&min;E
61°30&min;N 18°00&min;W
43°00&min;N 18°00&min;W
coast of Spain at 43°00&min;N;
“Draught” means
“Enclosed superstructure” means
enclosing bulkheads of efficient construction;
access openings, if any, in those bulkheads fitted with permanently attached weathertight doors of a strength equivalent to the unpierced structure which can be operated from either side; and
other openings in sides or ends of the superstructure fitted with efficient weathertight means of closing,
but does not include a bridge or poop unless access is provided for the crew to reach machinery and other working spaces inside the bridge or poop by alternative means which are available at all times when bulkhead openings are closed.
“Equivalent material” where the words are used in the expression “steel or other equivalent material” means
“Freeboard deck” means
“Height” in relation to a superstructure or other erection means
“Independent power pump” means
“Inflatable boat” means
“Launching appliance” means
“Length” in relation to a vessel, means
“Lifeboat” means
“Liferaft” means
“Machinery control room” means
“Machinery space” in relation to vessels of 24.4 metres in length and over means
“Main circulating pump” means
“Maximum service speed” means
“Motor lifeboat” means
“Navigable speed” means
“Non-combustible material” means
“Oil fired boiler” means
“Oil fuel unit” means
“Person” means
“Principal Length” means
“Principal Breadth” means
“Principal Depth” means
“Sea going” means
“Service space”
“Settling tank” means
“Standard fire test” means
At the end of the first 5 minutes: 538°C
At the end of the first 10 minutes: 704°C
At the end of the first 30 minutes: 843°C
At the end of the first 60 minutes: 927°C
“Steering gear power unit” means
in the case of electric steering gear, the electric motor and its associated electrical equipment; or
in the case of electro-hydraulic steering gear, the electric motor, its associated electrical equipment and connected pump; or
in the case of steam-hydraulic or pneumatic-hydraulic steering gear, the driving engine and connected pump;
“Suitable” in relation to material means
“Superstructure” means
“Superstructure deck” means
“Surface spread of flame” means
“Vessel Numeral” means
“Watertight” in relation to a structure means
“Weathertight” in relation to a structure means
(6) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Rules as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(7) The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules 1965(1) as amended(2), and the Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances) Rules 1965(3) shall be amended as follows:
(a)In Rule 1(2) of each of the said Rules there shall be inserted in the appropriate places alphabetically the words” “Fishing vessel”
(b)In the proviso to Rule 1(3) of each of the said Rules, there shall be added after paragraph (ii) as paragraph (iii):
“(iii)mechanically propelled fishing vessels registered in the United Kingdom under Part I or entered in the fishing boat register under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894”.
(8) The Merchant Shipping (Musters) Rules 1965(4) shall be amended as follows:
In the proviso to Rule 1(3) there shall be added at the end of the proviso the words “or to a fishing vessel as defined in section 9(1) of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970, being a mechanically propelled fishing vessel registered in the United Kingdom under Part I or entered in the fishing boat register under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894”.
(9) The Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1972(5) shall be amended as follows:
In Regulation 1(2), there shall be substituted for the definition of “the Musters Rules” the words ““the Musters Rules” means
(1965 II, p. 2940).
The amending Rules are not relevant to the subject-matter of these Rules.
(1965 II, p. 3012).
(1965 II, p. 3153).
(1972 III, p. 5454).
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