{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932/schedule-FIRST/part-ANNEX/I/chapter-Regulation/XVI/crossheading-fireresisting-bulkheads",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932/schedule-FIRST/part-ANNEX/I/chapter-Regulation/XVI/crossheading-fireresisting-bulkheads.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/22-23/9",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Safety And Load Line Conventions) Act 1932",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/part/ANNEX/I/chapter/Regulation/XVI/crossheading/fireresisting-bulkheads",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Fire-resisting Bulkheads",
  "text": "Ships shall be fitted above the bulkhead deck with fire-resisting bulkheads which shall be continuous from side to side of the ship and arranged to the satisfaction of the Administration.\nThey shall be constructed of metal or other fire-resisting material effective to prevent for one hour, under the conditions for which the bulkheads are to be fitted in the ship, the spread of fire generating a temperature of 1,500°F. (815°C.) at the bulkhead.\nSteps and recesses and the means for closing all openings in these bulkheads shall be fire-resisting and flametight.\nThe mean distance between any two adjacent fire-resisting bulkheads in any superstructure shall in general not exceed 131 feet (40 metres).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/9/schedule/FIRST/part/ANNEX/I/chapter/Regulation/XVI/crossheading/fireresisting-bulkheads",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:38:08.703628+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}