{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-3/part-A/division-2/division-1/division-.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-3/part-A/division-2/division-1/division-.3.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/2/division/1/division/.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": ".3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘ A ’ class divisions are those divisions formed by bulkheads and decks which comply with the following:\n.1 they shall be constructed of steel or other equivalent material;\n.2 they shall be suitably stiffened;\n.3 they shall be so constructed as to be capable of preventing the passage of smoke and flame to the end of the one-hour standard fire test;\n.4 they shall be insulated with approved non-combustible materials such that the average temperature of the unexposed side will not rise more than 140 °C above the original temperature, nor will the temperature, at any one point, including any joint, rise more than 180 °C above the original temperature, within the time listed below:\nclass ‘ A-60 ’\n60 minutes\nclass ‘ A-30 ’\n30 minutes\nclass ‘ A-15 ’\n15 minutes\nclass ‘ A-0 ’\n0 minutes\n.5 The Administration of the flag State shall require a test of a prototype bulkhead or deck to ensure that it meets the above requirements for integrity and temperature rise in accordance with the IMO Resolution A.754(18).\nFor class B, C and D ships constructed on or after 1 January 2003 , ‘ IMO Resolution A.754(18) ’ shall read ‘ Fire Test Procedures Code ’ .",
  "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/2/division/1/division/.3",
    "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."
}