{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/992",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 1(2):\n(a) in the definition of “’A’ Class division”, for “139°C” there shall be substituted “140°C”;\n(b) in the definition of “dangerous goods”, for “Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 1997” there shall be substituted “Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 1997”;\n(c) after the definition of “equivalent material”, the following definition shall be inserted:\n““Fire Test Procedures Code” means the International Code for Application of Fire Test Procedures, as adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation by resolution MSC.61(67);”;\n(d) in the definition of “lightweight”, “with” shall be omitted;\n(e) after the definition of “lightweight”, the following definition shall be inserted:\n““low flame spread” means that the surface described will adequately restrict the spread of flame, this being determined in accordance with the Fire Test Procedures Code;”;\n(f) for the definition of “non-combustible material” there shall be substituted:\n““non-combustible material” means a material which neither burns nor gives off flammable vapours in sufficient quantity for self-ignition when heated to approximately 750°C, this being determined in accordance with the Fire Test Procedures Code. Any other material is a combustible material;”;\n(g) in the definition of “special category spaces” the words “and to which such vehicles can be driven” shall be omitted;\n(h) for the definition of “standard fire test” there shall be substituted:\n““standard fire test” is one in which a specimen of the relevant bulkhead or deck is exposed in a test furnace to temperatures corresponding approximately to a standard time-temperature curve in accordance with the Fire Test Procedures Code;”;\n(i) before the definition of “tanker” there shall be inserted the following definition:\n““suitable” in relation to material means approved by the Secretary of State as suitable for the purpose for which it is used;”; and\n(j) the definition of “surface spread of flame” shall be deleted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/2367."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/992/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:22.488704+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."
}