Regulation 8A Machinery spaces other than Category AF1
United Kingdom
Subject to regulation 1(9) (application) and paragraph (2), in every passenger ship to which regulation 8 does not apply there shall be provided for the protection of any machinery space at least one of the following fixed fire-extinguishing systems—
a fixed pressure water-spraying system;
a fixed gas fire-extinguishing system;
a high expansion foam system;
for ships built before 25th May 1980, a foam fire-extinguishing system; or
any other type of fixed fire-extinguishing system approved by the Secretary of State.
In a ship of less than 24 metres in length where machinery spaces consist of machinery covered by a boxed housing, the requirement in paragraph (1) may be satisfied by the provision of a fixed fire-extinguishing system that may comprise an approved portable extinguisher (of a suitable size and type for the space being protected) permanently attached to that housing and available to discharge into that space.
Where paragraph (2) applies, the arrangement for fire-extinguishing shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.