Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CREW ACCOMMODATION) REGULATION - SECT 15

Lighting

(1) In passenger ships all parts of the crew accommodation, except galleys,
pantries, laundries, drying rooms, lockers, private and semi-private bathrooms
and store rooms, shall wherever reasonably practicable be adequately lit by
natural light.

(2) In ships other than passenger ships all parts of the crew accommodation,
except galleys, pantries, laundries, drying rooms, lockers, private and
semi-private bathrooms and store rooms, shall be adequately  lit by natural
light; and sanitary accommodation and passageways shall wherever reasonably
practicable be adequately lit by natural light.

(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), "adequately lit"
(足夠照明) means lit by natural light which is bright enough in day-time
in clear weather to enable a seafarer with normal sight to read an ordinary
newspaper in those parts of the room or other space which are available for
free movement.

(4) An electric lighting system shall be installed which is capable of
supplying adequate light in all parts of the crew accommodation. Electric
lights shall be so arranged as to give maximum benefit to the crew and shall
include an electric reading lamp for each bed, fitted with a controlling
switch at the head of the bed.

(5) An efficient alternative lighting system or an alternative supply of
electrical power to the system mentioned in subsection (4) shall be available
for use when required in the crew accommodation.

(6) Any reading light provided in accordance with subsection (4) shall-

   (a)  if it is in a sleeping room be fitted with a lamp capable of emitting
        at least 200 lumens; and

   (b)  if it is in a hospital ward be fitted with a lamp capable of emitting
        at least 400 lumens.

(7) The electric lighting in any of the following spaces, that is to say,
sleeping rooms, day rooms, recreation rooms, rooms for watching films and
television, hobbies and games rooms, mess rooms, hospital wards, offices,
studies, sanitary accommodation, laundries, drying rooms, dry provision store
rooms, cold store rooms, galleys, passageways, companionways and covered deck
recreation spaces, shall be adequate for the purposes of this section if-

   (a)  when the lamps, paintwork and other surface finishes are new, the
        illuminance in the horizontal plane when measured at the points
        specified in respect of that space in Schedule 3 is steady and is
        maintained, subject to a tolerance of 10% at the value prescribed in
        that Schedule in respect of those points; and

   (b)  it complies with any other requirements specified in Schedule 3 in
        respect of that space. (Enacted 1995)

"adequately lit" (足夠照明) means lit by natural light which is bright
enough in day-time in clear weather to enable a seafarer with normal sight to
read an ordinary newspaper in those parts of the room or other space which are
available for free movement.