The Merchant Shipping (Closing of Openings in Hulls and in Watertight Bulkheads) Regulations 1987

Drills and inspections

7.—(1) The following closing appliances and mechanisms are to be inspected at intervals of not more than seven days by a person appointed for that purpose either generally or on any particular occasion by the master:

(a) all watertight doors other than those of the type described in regulation 2(1);

(b) all mechanisms, indicators and warning devices connected with such doors;

(c) all valves, the closing of which is necessary to make watertight any compartment below the margin line; and

(d) all valves, the operation of which is necessary for the efficient operation of damage-control cross-connections.

(2) Suitable notices and signs shall be provided on, or in the vicinity of, all the closing appliances referred to in paragraph (1) to indicate, as necessary, the procedures for operating the appliances, the purpose of the controls and any precautions to be observed.