Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CREW ACCOMMODATION) REGULATION - SECT 32

Galleys

(1) Except in ships in which no member of the crew will be required to mess on
board, a galley suitably positioned clear of working areas and situated as
close as practicable to the mess rooms shall be provided for the preparation
of food for the crew.

(2) Every galley shall be provided with all equipment necessary to enable food
in sufficient quantity to be properly and readily prepared for all seafarers
whom the galley is intended to serve and served hot to them in the mess room
in all weathers.

(3) to (6) (No provisions)

(7) All fixed equipment shall be so arranged that it and all the spaces round
and behind it can easily be kept clean.

(8) Every galley shall be provided with facilities for washing up. Hot fresh
and cold drinking water shall be laid on to any sink or other washing up
facility in a galley. In ships of 3000 tons or over there shall, in addition,
be provided a washbasin supplied with hot and cold fresh water.

(9) No salt water tap shall be fitted in the galley nor in any place at which
food may be prepared.

(10) All furniture and fittings in the galley shall be made of a material
which is impervious to dirt and moisture. All metal parts of furniture and
fittings shall be rustproof. The bottoms of all fitted furniture shall be
either flush with the deck or fitted high enough to enable the deck space
beneath to be easily kept clean.

(11) The ventilation in the galley shall be so arranged as to ensure an
adequate supply of fresh air and the efficient discharge of fumes into the
open air. Equipment additional to that required by section  16 shall be
provided where necessary for that purpose. In particular every galley in a
ship of 1000 tons or over shall be provided with exhaust fans to draw off
fumes from the cooking appliances and discharge them into the open air.

(12) The floor of every galley shall be provided with sufficient gutters and
scuppers to ensure that it is efficiently drained. The scuppers, which shall
be trapped, shall be led overboard or to an enclosed tank which has a
mechanically operated suction pump.

(13) A connection suitable for a hose for washing down shall be provided at a
height not less than 450 millimetres above the deck, on a fresh waterpipe in
every galley. (Enacted 1995)