{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-regulations-1997/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-regulations-1997/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1508",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interior bulkheads",
  "text": "(1) All bulkheads within the crew accommodation shall be properly constructed of steel or other suitable material.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3)—\n(a) every bulkhead which separates any part of the crew accommodation from—\n(i) sanitary accommodation;\n(ii) a laundry;\n(iii) a drying room;\n(iv) a galley;\n(v) a cold store room;\n(vi) a dry provision store room;\nshall be of gastight construction, and\n(b) every bulkhead which separates any part of the crew accommodation from any of the spaces specified in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (v) inclusive shall be watertight to a height of not less than 230 millimetres, except in the case of doorways situated in bulkheads when the bulkheads shall be watertight to a height of not less than 100 millimetres.\n(3) The requirements of paragraph (2) shall not apply to bulkheads separating—\n(a) a space appropriated for a particular use from another space appropriated for the same use;\n(b) a laundry from a drying room;\n(c) a private bathroom from the sleeping room of the person for whose use it is provided, if there is direct access from the sleeping room to the private bathroom.\n(4) Subject to the provisions of regulations 26(10) and 32(20) there shall be no openings in any bulkhead separating any sanitary accommodation, laundry or drying room from any part of the crew accommodation except a passageway, recreation deck space or other sanitary accommodation, laundry or drying room; nor in a bulkhead separating a galley from a sleeping room.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1508/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:04.043393+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."
}