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

UK Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1298 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
23 July 1987
In force from
1 November 1987
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours
Made under
Merchant Shipping Act 1979

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations supersede the Merchant Shipping (Closing of Openings in Hulls and in Watertight Bulkheads) Regulations 1980. They apply to United Kingdom passenger ships and include such requirements as appear necessary to the Secretary of State to implement the provisions contained in regulation 15 (which relates to openings in watertight bulkheads) of Chapter II-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (Cmnd 7874) as amended, and impose additional, more precise requirements for the control of watertight doors and other closing appliances and devices, for their inspection, for practice drills and for relevant entries in the official log book. The Regulations also require the provision of operational instructions for watertight doors.

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