Regulation 8

for the title there shall be substituted “Location and separation of spaces”;

for paragraph (1) the following shall be substituted:

“(1)

(a)

Machinery spaces shall be positioned:

(i)

aft of cargo tanks and slop tanks and shall be separated from them by a cofferdam, cargo pump-room, oil fuel bunker tank or permanent ballast tank; and

(ii)

aft of such cofferdam or cargo pump-room except that the lower part of a cargo pump-room may be recessed into a machinery space of Category A in order to accommodate pumps subject to the crown of the recess being not more than one third of the moulded depth above the keel. In the case of a ship not exceeding 25,000 tonnes deadweight where a recess of such height is not practicable for reasons of access and arrangement of piping, the recess may be increased to a height not exceeding one half of the moulded depth above the keel.

(b)

Pump-rooms, other than cargo pump-rooms, containing pumps and fittings for ballasting spaces adjacent to cargo tanks and slop tanks and pumps and fittings for oil fuel transfer may be considered equivalent to a cargo pump-room for the purpose of this regulation on condition that the fire protection arrangements and fire extinguishing arrangements of those pump-rooms are in accordance with the requirements for cargo pump-rooms.”; and

the following shall be added as paragraph (13):

“Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st July 1998

(13)

(a)

Where there is permanent access from a pipe tunnel to the main pump-room, a watertight door shall be fitted complying with the requirements of regulation 17(2) and, in addition to bridge operation, the watertight door shall be capable of being manually closed from outside the main pump-room entrance.

(b)

The watertight door referred to in subparagraph (a) above shall be kept closed during normal operations of the ship except when access to the pipe tunnel is required.”.