Part IV Entries relating to ships to which the Closing of Openings Regulations apply

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

sch. amended by Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) 1985
sch. amended by Merchant Shipping (Property of Deceased Seamen and Official Log Books) 1983
Sch. para. 24 words substituted by Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) 2002 Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(a)
Sch. para. 25 words substituted by Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) 2002 Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(b)

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45	A record of— (a) the times of the last closing, before the ship proceeds to sea, of the watertight doors and other contrivances referred to in regulation 2 of the Closing and Openings Regulations, and of the next subsequent opening of such doors and contrivances; (b) the times of the closing and opening, while the ship is at sea, of any watertight door which is fitted between bunkers in the between decks below the bulkhead deck as defined in those Regulations; (c) whether the portable plates referred to in regulation 4 of those Regulations are in place when the ship proceeds to sea, and the times, if any, of the removal and replacement of such plates when the ship is at sea; and (d) the occasions on which drills are practised and inspections made in compliance with the provisions of those Regulations, and whether the contrivances to which such drills and inspections relate are in good working order.	The master	An officer

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Particulars of entry

Signatory

Witness

A record of—

(a) the times of the last closing, before the ship proceeds to sea, of the watertight doors and other contrivances referred to in regulation 2 of the Closing and Openings Regulations, and of the next subsequent opening of such doors and contrivances;

(b) the times of the closing and opening, while the ship is at sea, of any watertight door which is fitted between bunkers in the between decks below the bulkhead deck as defined in those Regulations;

(c) whether the portable plates referred to in regulation 4 of those Regulations are in place when the ship proceeds to sea, and the times, if any, of the removal and replacement of such plates when the ship is at sea; and

(d) the occasions on which drills are practised and inspections made in compliance with the provisions of those Regulations, and whether the contrivances to which such drills and inspections relate are in good working order.

The master

An officer