# The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) (Amendment) Regulations 1993, Paragraph 6


(1) In paragraph (1) of regulation 49, for the words from “having a valid” where those words first appear to the end there shall be substituted the words “or gas carriers. For these vessels alternative arrangements shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State.”.
(2) At the beginning of paragraph (2) of regulation 49, for “Every” there shall be substituted “Subject to paragraph (2A) below, every”.
(3) In the said paragraph (2) the words from “except that in the case of” to the end shall be omitted.
(4) After the said paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(2A) A tanker referred to in paragraph (2) above need not be provided with an inert gas system complying with the requirements of Schedule 14 to these Regulations if—
(a) being a chemical tanker carrying as cargo any substance mentioned in the said paragraph (2), it is provided with an inert gas system complying with the requirements of Schedule 15 to these Regulations;
(b) being a chemical tanker constructed before 1st July 1986 and carrying crude oil or petroleum products, it is provided with an inert gas system complying with the requirements of Schedule 16 to these Regulations;
(c) being a gas carrier carrying as cargo a substance mentioned in the said paragraph (2), it is provided with cargo tank inerting arrangements equivalent to those specified in sub–paragraph (a) or (b) above;
(d) being a chemical tanker or gas carrier constructed before 1st July 1986, it is carrying a flammable cargo other than crude oil or petroleum products;
(e) being a chemical tanker or gas carrier constructed on or after 1st July 1986 and carrying a flammable cargo other than crude oil or petroleum products, it complies with the following requirements, that is to say—
(i) that the capacity of each tank used for the carriage of that cargo does not exceed 3,000 cubic metres;
(ii) that the capacity of each nozzle of a tank washing machine does not exceed 17.5 cubic metres per hour; and
(iii) that the total combined throughput from all such machines in use in a cargo tank at any time does not exceed 110 cubic metres per hour.
In sub–paragraphs (d) and (e) above, the references to a flammable cargo other than crude oil or petroleum products includes (without prejudice to the generality of those references) references to any of the cargoes listed in Chapters VI and VII of the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk or Chapters 17 and 18 of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3163/schedule/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-amendment-regulations-1993/schedule/paragraph-6
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