{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-3/part-A/division-12/division-1/division-.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-3/part-A/division-12/division-1/division-.2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/45",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/3/part/A/division/12/division/1/division/.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": ".2",
  "heading": "Where class ‘B’ divisions are penetrated for the passage of electric cables, pipes, trunks, ducts etc., or for the fitting of ventilation terminals, lighting fixtures and similar devises, arrangements shall be made to ensure that the fire resistance is not impaired in so far as is reasonable and practicable. In ships which are constructed on or after 1 January 2003 for such penetrations arrangements shall be made to ensure that the fire resistance of the divisions is not impaired.",
  "text": "Pipes other than steel or copper that penetrate ‘ B ’ class divisions shall be protected by either:\n.1 a fire tested penetration device, suitable for the fire resistance of the division pierced and the type of the pipe used; or\n.2 a steel sleeve, having a thickness of not less than 1,8 mm and a length of not less than 900 mm for pipe diameters of 150 mm or more and not less than 600 mm for pipe diameters of less than 150 mm ( preferably equally divided to each side of the division).\nThe pipe shall be connected to the ends of the sleeve by flanges or couplings or the clearance between the sleeve and the pipe shall not exceed 2,5 mm or any clearance between pipe and sleeve shall be made tight by means of non-combustible or other suitable material.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2010/36/EU of 1 June 2010 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/45/annex/I/chapter/3/part/A/division/12/division/1/division/.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:12.497948+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."
}