Section 10
of Merchant Shipping (Crew Accomodation) Regulations, 2007
Section 10
(1)
Sleeping rooms shall be situated above load line amidships or aft.
(2)
In exceptional cases, the Director may, if the size, type or intended service of the ship render any other location unreasonable or impracticable, permit the location of sleeping rooms in the fore part of the ship, but in no case forward of the collision bulkhead.
(3)
In passenger ships, the Director may, on condition that satisfactory arrangements are made for lighting and ventilation, permit the location of sleeping rooms below the load line, but in no case immediately beneath working alley-ways.
(4)
The floor area per person of sleeping rooms intended for ratings shall be not less than -
(a}
1.8Sm2 in ships of less than 800 tons;
(b)
2.35m2 in ships of 800 tons or more, but less than 3,000 tons; and
(c)
2. 78m2 in ships of 3,000 tons or more, except that, in the case of passenger ships in which more than 4 ratings are berthed in one room, the minimum floor area per person may be 2.22m2•
(5)
In the case of ships in which are employed such groups of ratings as necessitate the employment of a substantially larger number of ratings than would otherwise be employed, the Director may, in respect of such groups, reduce the minimum floor area of sleeping rooms per person, subject to the conditions that
(a)
the total sleeping space allotted to the group or groups is not less than would have been allotted had the numbers not been so increased; and
(b} the minimum floor area of sleeping rooms is not less than-
[i)
1.67m2 per person in ships of less than 3,000 tons; and
(ii)
1.85m2 per person in ships of 3,000 tons or more.
(6)
Space occupied by berths and lockers, chests of drawers and seats shall be included in the measurement of the floor area. Small or irregularly shaped 318
spaces which do not add effectively to the space available for free movement and cannot be used for installing furniture shall be excluded.
(7)
The clear head room in crew sleeping rooms shall not be less than 1.90m.
(8)
Except in ships of less than 800 tons, there shall be a sufficient number of sleeping rooms to provide a separate room or rooms for each department.
(9)
The number of persons allowed to occupy sleeping rooms shall not exceed the following maxima
'
(a)
officers in charge of a department, navigating and engineer officers in charge of a watch and senior radio officers or operators
- one person per room;
(b)
other officers one person per room wherever possible, and in no case more than 2;
(c)
petty officers one or 2 persons per room, and in no case more than 2;
(d)
other ratings - 2 or 3 persons per room wherever possible, and in no case more than 4.
(10)
With a view to ensuring adequate and more comfortable accommodation, the Director may grant permission to accommodate up to 10 ratings per sleeping room in the case of certain passenger ships.
(11)
The maximum number of persons to be accommodated in any sleeping room shall be indelibly and legibly marked in some place in the room where it can conveniently be seen.
(12)
Members of the crew shall be provided with individual berths.
(13)
Berths shall not be placed side by side in such a way that access to one berth can be obtained only over another.