# The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998, Regulation 8A: Machinery spaces other than Category A

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) 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) a fixed pressure water-spraying system;
(b) a fixed gas fire-extinguishing system;
(c) a high expansion foam system;
(d) for ships built before 25th May 1980, a foam fire-extinguishing system; or
(e) any other type of fixed fire-extinguishing system approved by the Secretary of State.
(2) 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.
(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, the arrangement for fire-extinguishing shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1011/regulation/8A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-small-ships-regulations-1998/regulation-8A
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