Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CREW ACCOMMODATION) REGULATION - SECT 8

Interior bulkheads

(1) All bulkheads within the crew accommodation shall be properly constructed
of steel or other suitable material.

(2) Subject to subsection (3)-

   (a)  every bulkhead which separates any part of the crew accommodation
        from-

        (i)    sanitary accommodation;

        (ii)   a laundry;

        (iii)  a drying room;

        (iv)   a galley;

        (v)    a cold store room; or

        (vi)   a dry provision store room, shall be of gastight construction;
               and

   (b)  every bulkhead which separates any part of the crew accommodation from
        any of the spaces specified in paragraph (a)(i) to (v) shall be
        watertight to a height of not less than 230 millimetres, except in the
        case of doorways situated in bulkheads when the bulkheads shall be
        watertight to a height of not less than 100 millimetres.

(3) The requirements of subsection (2) shall not apply to bulkheads
separating-

   (a)  a space appropriated for a particular use from another space
        appropriated for the same use;

   (b)  a laundry from a drying room; or

   (c)  a private bathroom from the sleeping room of the seafarer for whose
        use it is provided if there is direct access from the sleeping room to
        the private bathroom.

(4) Subject to the provisions of sections 28(10) and 35(20), there shall be no
openings in any bulkhead separating any sanitary accommodation, laundry or
drying room from any part of the crew accommodation except a passageway,
recreation deck space or other sanitary accommodation, laundry or drying room
nor in a bulkhead separating a galley from a sleeping room. (Enacted 1995)