{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-fire-protection-regulations-2023/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-fire-protection-regulations-2023/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348245554",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-fire-protection-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Compliance by ships constructed before 1st July 2002",
  "text": "(1) A ship must comply with each requirement in—\n(a) Merchant Shipping Notice 1900 (M); and\n(b) the relevant Merchant Shipping Notices,\nthat applies to it.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a ship constructed before 26th May 1965 must comply with—\n(a) each condition specified in Schedule 1 to Merchant Shipping Notice 1670 (M) Amendment 2;\n(b) each provision of Merchant Shipping Notice 1900 (M) listed in the Annex to Schedule 1 to Merchant Shipping Notice 1670 (M) Amendment 2;\n(c) in the case of a passenger ship carrying 36 or fewer passengers, each provision of Schedule 2 to Merchant Shipping Notice 1670 (M) Amendment 2; and\n(d) in the case of a passenger ship carrying more than 36 passengers, each of the following requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice 1900 (M)—\n(i) paragraph 3.24 (fixed fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces of category A);\n(ii) paragraph 3.40 (general emergency alarm to be provided in every Class I ship);\n(iii) paragraph 3.41 (public address system in every Class I ship); and\n(iv) paragraphs 7.3 to 7.76 (structural fire protection for passenger ships),\nthat applies to it.\n(3) A ship to which regulation 12(a) (ships constructed before 1st July 2002 and engaged on international voyages) applies must comply with—\n(a) each requirement listed in regulation 1.2 of Part A of Chapter II-2 (applicable requirements to existing ships); and\n(b) each requirement of—\n(i) regulation 1.6 of Part A of Chapter II-2 (application of requirements to tankers); and\n(ii) Parts B, C, D, E and G of Chapter II-2 (fire protection requirements),\nthat applies to it.\n(4) For the purposes of this regulation, where there is a conflict between the requirements of—\n(a) the Merchant Shipping Notices described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and\n(b) the provisions of Chapter II-2 described in paragraph (3),\nthe provisions of Chapter II-2 take precedence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Part B of Chapter II-2 relates to prevention of fire and explosion; Part C relates to suppression of fire; Part D relates to escape; Part E relates to operational requirements; and Part G relates to special requirements."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Ships constructed before 1st July 2002 are subject to certain specified requirements in Chapter II-2, including all provisions that apply to “all ships”. The expression “all ships” is defined in regulation 1.1.2.2 of Chapter II-2 and includes references to all ships, irrespective of type, constructed before, on or after 1st July 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348245554/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:43.225800+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}