Regulation 30 - Openings in “A” class divisions
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Regulation 30 - Openings in “A” class divisions

Parent topic: Part B - Fire Safety Measures for Passenger Ships

30.2 Doors in divisions of a higher standard

 Where required divisions are replaced by divisions of a higher standard, the door need only conform to the required division.

30.7 Doors where a hose port is not required

 The requirement to fit a hose port should not apply to watertight doors, below or above bulkhead deck, weathertight doors (semiwater tight doors), doors leading to the open deck and to doors which need to be reasonably gastight (reference is made to MSC/Circ.541 - Guidance notes on the integrity of flooding boundaries above the bulkhead deck of passenger ships for proper application of regulations II-1/8 and 20, paragraph 1, of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended).

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