{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-3/part-B/division-7/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-3/part-B/division-7/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/B/division/7/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY 2003 :",
  "text": "Instead of .4 the following paragraph .4a shall apply\n.4a Fire doors in main vertical zone bulkheads, galley boundaries and stairway enclosures other than power-operated watertight doors and those which are normally locked, shall satisfy the following requirements:\n.1 the doors shall be self-closing and be capable of closing against an angle of inclination of up to 3,5° opposing closure;\n.2 the approximate time of closure for hinged fire doors shall be no more than 40 seconds and no less than 10 seconds from the beginning of their movement with the ship in upright position. The approximate uniform rate of closure for sliding fire doors shall be of no more than 0,2 m/s and no less than 0,1 m/s with the ship in the upright position;\n.3 the doors shall be capable of remote release from the continuously manned central control station, either simultaneously or in groups and shall be capable of release also individually from a position at both sides of the door. Release switches shall have an on-off function to prevent automatic resetting of the system;\n.4 hold-back hooks not subject to central control station release are prohibited;\n.5 a door closed remotely from the central control station shall be capable of being reopened at both sides of the door by local control. After such local opening the door shall automatically close again;\n.6 indication shall be provided at the fire door indicator panel in the continuously manned central control station whether each of the remote-released doors are closed;\n.7 the release mechanism shall be so designed that the door will automatically close in the event of disruption of the control system or main source of electric power;\n.8 local power accumulators for power-operated doors shall be provided in the immediate vicinity of the doors to enable the doors to be operated after disruption of the control system or main source of electric power at least 10 times (fully opened or closed) using the local controls;\n.9 disruption of the control system or main source of electric power at one door shall not impair the safe functioning of the other doors;\n.10 remote-released sliding or power-operated doors shall be equipped with an alarm that sounds for at least 5 seconds but no more than 10 seconds after the door is released from the central control station and before the door begins to move and continue sounding until the door is completely closed;\n.11 a door designed to re-open upon contacting an object in its path shall re-open not more than one metre from the point of contact;\n.12 double-leaf doors equipped with latch necessary to their fire integrity shall have a latch that is automatically activated by the operation of the doors when released by the control system;\n.13 doors giving direct access to special category spaces which are power-operated and automatically closed need not be equipped with the alarms and remote-release mechanisms required in paragraph .3 and .10;\n.14 the components of the local control system shall be accessible for maintenance and adjusting; and\n.15 power-operated doors shall be provided with a control system of an approved type which shall be able to operate in case of fire, this being determined in accordance with the Fire Test Procedure Code. This system shall satisfy the following requirements:\n.15.1 the control system shall be able to operate the door at a temperature of at least 200 °C for at least 60 minutes, served by the power supply;\n.15.2 the power supply for all other doors not subject to fire shall not be impaired, and;\n.15.3 at temperatures exceeding 200 °C the control system shall be automatically isolated from the power supply and shall be capable of keeping the door closed up to at least 945 °C.",
  "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/B/division/7/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."
}