# The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975, Regulation 22: Furniture and fittings in sleeping rooms


(1) Every sleeping room shall be so planned and equipped as to ensure reasonable comfort for the occupants and to facilitate tidiness and shall be provided with the following minimum equipment:—
(A) in ratings' sleeping rooms:
(a) for each occupant of the room:
(i) a clothes locker which has wherever practicable a capacity of at least 0·34 cubic metres and in no case less than 0·17 cubic metres; is of a suitable design and is fitted with a lock or hasp for a padlock and with a rod for clothes hangers;
(ii) a drawer or equivalent space, having, wherever practicable, a capacity of at least 0·056 cubic metres;
(iii) a comfortable seat;
(iv) a coat hook;
(b) a desk or table;
(c) a mirror and a cabinet for toilet requisites;
(d) a book rack;
(e) a curtain, blind or jalousie for each sidelight or window;
(B) in officers' sleeping rooms:
(a) for each occupant of the room:
(i) a wardrobe;
(ii) a chair with arm rests, provided that where there are two occupants a settee may be provided instead of one of the chairs;
(iii) a drawer or equivalent space having a capacity of at least 0·056 cubic metres;
(iv) at least two coat hooks;
(b) a desk or table;
(c) a carpet runner;
(d) a mirror and a cabinet for toilet requisites;provided that, where washing accommodation is appropriated for the exclusive use of one officer, the mirror and cabinet may be placed in the washing accommodation instead of in the sleeping room of that officer;
(e) a book rack;
(f) a curtain, blind or jalousie for each sidelight or window.
(2) The furniture in each sleeping room shall be of smooth, hard material not liable to warp or corrode or harbour vermin.
(3) No lockers or racks for storage of food shall be fitted in a sleeping room.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/2220/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-regulations-1975/regulation-22
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