# The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Large Ships) Regulations 1998 (revoked) S.I. 1998/1012 · made 7 April 1998 · revised to 15 June 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-large-ships-regulations-1998-revoked/pdf/uksi_19981012_en.pdf ## Introductory text MERCHANT SHIPPING SAFETY Made 7th April 1998 Laid before Parliament 20th April 1998 Coming into force 11th May 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: PRELIMINARY ### Citation, commencement, interpretation, application, exemption and revocation ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Classification of ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE APPLIANCES ## 3 Fire pumps, fire main, water service pipes, hydrants, hoses and nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Portable fire extinguishers in accommodation, cargo and service spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Fixed fire-extinguishing systems in cargo spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Special requirements for cargo space ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Machinery spaces of Category A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Machinery spaces containing steam turbines or enclosed steam engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 (c)in addition, where such spaces are to be periodically unattended, a fire-extinguishing system, specified in regulation 7(1) shall be fitted. ## Fire-extinguishing appliances in other machinery spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Paint lockers etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Fire patrol, detection and alarm systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirement for ships constructed on or after 1st January 1994 (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirement for ships constructed on or after 1st October 1994 (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Firemen’s outfits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 International shore connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: SHIPS OF CLASS II ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: SHIPS OF CLASS II(A) OF 21.34 METRES IN LENGTH OR OVER ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE APPLIANCES ## 16 Fire pumps, fire mains, water service pipes, hydrants, hoses and nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 (d)In every ship of Class VII of 2,000 tons or over the emergency fire pump shall— (i)be capable of delivering at least one jet of water simultaneously from each of any two hydrants and hoses through nozzles which shall comply with the requirements of regulation 40(5)(b); and (ii)meet the requirements or regulations 38(5). ## 17 Portable fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Fixed fire-extinguishing arrangements in cargo spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Special requirements for cargo space ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 ## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Machinery spaces of Category A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Machinery spaces containing steam turbines or enclosed steam engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirement for ships constructed after 1st September 1984 (c)where such spaces are to be periodically unattended there shall be provided additionally either a fixed pressure water-spraying system complying with the requirements of Schedule 2, or a fixed gas fire-extinguishing system complying with the requirements of Schedule 4, in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1666. ## Fire-extinguishing appliances in other machinery spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 ## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Paint lockers etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Fire detection and fire alarm systems and sample extraction smoke detection systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Firemen’s outfits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 International shore connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: SHIPS OF CLASS VII(A) ## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: SHIPS OF CLASS VIII ## 28 Requirements for ships of 1,000 tons or over constructed before 25th May 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships of 500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons constructed before 25th May 1980 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships of 500 tons or over constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: SHIPS OF CLASS VIII(A), IX AND IX(A) ## Requirements for ships of 1,000 tons or over constructed before 25th May 1980 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships of 500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons constructed before 25th May 1980 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships of 500 tons or over constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: SHIPS OF CLASS XI ## Requirements for ships of 1,000 tons or over constructed before 25th May 1980 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships of 500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons constructed before 25th May 1980 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships of 500 tons or over constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: SHIPS OF CLASS XII ## Requirements for ships of 1,000 tons or over constructed before 25th May 1980 (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships of 500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons constructed before 25th May 1980 (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships of 500 tons or over constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE APPLIANCES ## 29 General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Cargo tank protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Inert gas systems ## 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Deck foam systems (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships constructed between 25th May 1980 and 1st September 1984 (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 (16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Equivalence (18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Cargo tank purging and/or gas freeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 ## 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Cargo pump rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Fixed fire-extinguishing arrangements in cargo pump rooms ## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fire main isolating valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 ## 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Firemen’s outfits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: TANKERS OF CLASS VIII(T) ## 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: TANKERS OF CLASSES VIII(A)(T) AND IX(A)(T) ## 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V FIRE PREVENTION AND APPLIANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Requirements for ships provided with helicopter decks with or without fuelling facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ships constructed after 1st February 1992 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Fire pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirement for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Fire main, water service pipes and hydrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Fire hoses, nozzles, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Special requirements for fixed fire-extinguishing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 ## 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Fixed low-expansion foam fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fixed fire-extinguishing systems not required by these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980 ## 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Fire buckets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Firemen’s outfits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Means for stopping machinery, shutting off oil fuel suction pipes and closing of openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Gaseous fuel for domestic purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984 ## 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Fire control plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Availability of fire-fighting appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VI STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: PASSENGER SHIPS ## 51 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Helicopter decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st February 1992 ## 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Main vertical zones and horizontal zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for a ship constructed on or after 1st October 1994 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Bulkheads within a main vertical zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Fire Integrity of bulkheads and decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Protection of stairways and lifts in accommodation and service spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Openings in “A” Class divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Openings in “B” Class divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Ventilation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for a ship constructed on or after 1st January 1994 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Windows and sidescuttles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Restriction of combustible materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Miscellaneous items of fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Automatic sprinkler, fire detection and fire alarm system or fixed fire detection andfire alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Requirements for a ship constructed on or after 25th May 1980 ## 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for a ship constructed on or after 1st July 1986 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for a ship constructed on or after 1st January 1994 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Ships Constructed before 1st October 1994 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Ships Constructed on or after 1st October 1994 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Protection of special category spaces and ro-ro cargo spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Protection of cargo spaces, other than special category spaces and ro-ro cargo spaces intended for the carriage of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks for their own propulsion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Special arrangements in machinery spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Means of escape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirement for a ship constructed on or after 1st January 1994 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional requirements for ro-ro passenger ships (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VII STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: SHIPS OTHER THAN PASSENGER SHIPS OR TANKERS TO WHICH PART VIII APPLIES ## 69 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Helicopter decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Methods of fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Bulkheads within accommodation spaces, services spaces and control stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Fire integrity of bulkheads and decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Protection of stairways and lifts in accommodation and service spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Openings in “A” Class divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Openings in “B” Class divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Ventilation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Details of construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Restriction of combustible materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Miscellaneous items of fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Fixed fire detection and fire alarm system, and automatic sprinkler, fire detection and fire alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Special arrangements in machinery spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Means of escape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VIII STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## TANKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part: TANKERS OF CLASSES VII(T), VIII(T), VIII(A)(T) AND IX(A)(T) OF 500 TONS OR OVER ## 85 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Helicopter decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Exterior boundaries of superstructures and deckhouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Boundary bulkheads and decks of machinery spaces of Category A and cargo pump rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Bulkheads within accommodation spaces, service spaces and control stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Fire integrity of bulkheads and decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Protection of stairways and lifts in accommodation and service spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Openings in “A” Class divisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Openings in “B” Class divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Ventilation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Details of construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Restriction of combustible materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Miscellaneous items of fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Fixed fire detection and fire alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 100 Special arrangements in machinery spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Means of escape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IX: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPS CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS ## 102 Ships carrying explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 103 Ships carrying dangerous goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part X: EQUIVALENTS, PENALTIES AND DETENTION ## 104 Alternative construction and equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Powers to detain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1012 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-large-ships-regulations-1998-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.