# The Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960, Regulation 60: Entering oil-tanks


(1) No person (other than an analyst entering with a view to issuing a certificate of entry) shall, unless he is wearing a breathing apparatus of a type approved for the purpose of this Regulation, enter or remain in an oil-tank on board or in a vessel unless, since the oil-tank last contained oil, a certificate of entry has been obtained and is in force in respect of the tank.
(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1) of this Regulation, no person (other than an analyst entering as aforesaid) shall be allowed or required to enter or remain in an oil-tank on board or in a vessel in which oil-tank the oil last carried was oil having a flash point of less than seventy-three degrees Fahrenheit (Abel closed test) unless, since the oil-tank last contained oil, an analyst has certified that the atmosphere is sufficiently free from inflammable mixture.
(3) It shall be the duty of the persons employed to comply with the foregoing provisions of this Regulation.
(4) The provisions of this Regulation are without prejudice to the requirements of Regulations 50 and 51.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1960/1932/regulation/60 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/shipbuilding-and-ship-repairing-regulations-1960/regulation-60
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