# The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) (Amendment) Regulations 1999, Regulation 5


In regulation 12:
(a) for subparagraph (1)(b) there shall be substituted:
“(b) every such outfit shall comply with the requirements of regulation 46; each outfit shall include breathing apparatus complying with Schedule 5 in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1665; such breathing apparatus may be either the self-contained type, or the smoke helmet/smoke mask type.”; and
(b) at the end of subparagraph (3)(c) the following shall be added:
“provided that, for stairway enclosures which constitute entire main vertical zones and for main vertical zones in the fore or aft end of a ship which do not contain spaces classified in accordance with Schedule 1 of MSN 1667 (M) as 6, 7, 8 or 12, no additional fireman’s outfits are required;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/992/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-5
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