# Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Division .1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Every ship shall be provided with a self-contained emergency source of electrical power with emergency switchboard located above the bulkhead deck, in a readily accessible space which shall not be contiguous to the boundaries of machinery spaces of category A or of those spaces containing the main source of electrical power or main switchboard.
.1 The requirement in the first paragraph is not required provided that ships are designed with two fully redundant machinery spaces, separated by at least one watertight and fire-safe compartment and two bulkheads or an alternative construction giving the same level of safety, and that there is at least one generator with an associated switchboard etc in each machinery space.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/45/annex/I/chapter/2/part/D/division/3/division/1/division/.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-2/part-D/division-3/division-1/division-.1
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