| “A” Class
divisions”
|
means those divisions formed
by bulkheads and decks which comply with the following criteria:
- 1. they are constructed of steel or other
equivalent material;
- 2. they are suitably stiffened;
- 3. they are insulated with approved
non-combustible materials such that the average temperature
of the unexposed side will not rise more than 140°C above
the original temperature, nor will the temperature, at any
one point, including any joint, rise more than 180°C above
the original temperature, within the time listed below:
-
class "A-60" 60 min
-
class "A-30" 30 min
-
class "A-15" 15 min
-
class "A-0" 0 min
- 4. they are constructed as to be capable of
preventing the passage of smoke and flame to the end of the
one-hour standard fire test; and
- 5. the Administration required a test of a
prototype bulkhead or deck in accordance with the Fire Test
Procedures Code to ensure that it meets the above
requirements for integrity and temperature rise.
|
| “Accommodation
spaces”
|
means those spaces used for
public spaces, corridors, lavatories, cabins, offices, hospitals,
cinemas, game and hobby rooms, barber shops, pantries containing no
cooking appliances and similar spaces.
|
| “Administration”
|
with regard to this Code means
the Government of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly,
or a Recognised Organisation who has been delegated the
responsibilities.
|
| “Aft terminal”
|
means the aft limit of the
subdivision length
|
| “Aft
perpendicular”
|
means the perpendicular taken
at the after end of length (L)
|
| “Amidship”
|
means at the middle of the
length (L)
|
| “Anti-exposure
suit”
|
means a protective suit designed for use
by rescue boat crews and marine evacuation system parties
|
| “Approved”
|
in respect to materials or
equipment means approved by the Administration or approved by an
Administration or organisation which is formally recognised by the
Administration.
|
| “Atrium”
|
means a public spaces within a
single main vertical zone spanning three or more open decks;
|
| “Aviation Inspection
Body”
|
means a body delegated the
responsibility of inspecting helicopter landing areas by the
Administration. The verification process shall include inspection,
certification and, where necessary, the application of appropriate
operational limitations.
|
| ““B” class
divisions”
|
means those divisions,
referred to as “B-15” or “B-0”, formed by bulkheads, decks, ceilings
or linings which comply with the following criteria-
- 1. they are constructed of approved
non-combustible materials and all materials used in the
construction and erection of "B" class divisions are
non-combustible.
- 2. they have an insulation value such that the
average temperature of the unexposed side shall not rise
more than 140°C above the original temperature, nor shall
the temperature at any one point, including any joint, rise
more than 225°C above the original temperature, within the
time listed below-
- class "B-15" 15 min
- class "B-0" 0 min
- 3. they are so constructed as to be capable of
preventing the passage of flame to the end of the first half
hour of the standard fire test; and
- 4. the Administration has required a test of a
prototype division in accordance with the Fire Test
Procedures Code to ensure that it meets the above
requirements for integrity and temperature rise
|
| “Breadth” or
“B””
|
means the maximum breadth of
the ship, measured amidships to the moulded line of the frame in a
ship with a metal shell and to the outer surface of the hull in a
ship with a shell of any other material, unless expressly provided
otherwise
|
| “Bulkhead deck”
|
means the uppermost deck up to
which the transverse watertight bulkheads are carried
|
| “Buoyant
lifeline”
|
means a line complying with
the requirements of the LSA Code
|
| “Cabin balcony”
|
means an open deck space which
is provided for the exclusive use of the occupants of a single cabin
and has direct access from such a cabin
|
| “”C” class
division”
|
means divisions
constructed of approved non-combustible materials. They need meet
neither requirements relative to the passage of smoke and flame nor
limitations relative to the temperature rise.
|
| “Cargo”
|
means an item(s) of value that
is carried from one place and discharged at another place and for
which either a charge or no charge is made and is not for use
exclusively onboard the vessel.
|
| “Central control
station”
|
means a control station in
which the following control and indicator functions are
centralised-
- (a) fixed fire detection and fire alarm
systems;
- (b) automatic sprinkler, fire detection and
fire alarm systems;
- (c) fire door indicator panels;
- (d) fire door closure;
- (e) watertight door indicator panels;
- (f) watertight door closures;
- (g) ventilation fans;
- (h) general/fire alarms;
- (i) communication systems including telephones;
and
- (j) microphones to public address systems
|
| “Code”
|
means Red Ensign Group Yacht
Code Part B
|
| “Combustible
material”
|
means any material other than a
non-combustible material
|
| “Continuous "B" class
ceilings or linings”
|
means those "B" class ceilings
or linings which terminate at an "A" or "B" class division.
|
| “Continuously manned
central control station”
|
means a central control
station which is continuously manned by a responsible member of the
crew.
|
| “COLREGs”
|
means the Convention on the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
(COLREG 72), as applicable for vessels the keels of which are laid
on or after 1st January 2019.
|
| “Control
stations”
|
means those spaces in which
the ship's radio or main navigating equipment or the emergency
source of power is located or where the fire recording or fire
control equipment is centralised; spaces where the fire recording or
fire control equipment is centralised are also considered to be a
fire control station
|
| “Company”
|
means the Owner of the ship or
any other Organisation or person such as the Manager, or the
Bareboat Charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation
of the ship from the Shipowner and who on assuming such
responsibility has agreed to take over all the duties and
responsibilities imposed by the Code.
|
| “Deadlight”
|
means a secondary watertight
closure fitted to a glazed opening and which is fitted to the inside
of the vessel
|
| “Design
Waterline”
|
Deepest loaded draught as per
the all-seasons Load Line assigned to the vessel
|
| “Design
pressure”
|
means the hydrostatic pressure
for which each structure or appliance assumed watertight in the
intact and damage stability calculations is designed to
withstand
|
| “Draught” or
(d)
|
means the vertical distance
from the keel line at mid-length to the waterline in
question
|
| “Efficient”
|
in relation to a fitting,
piece of equipment or material means that all reasonable and
practicable measures have been taken to ensure that it is suitable
for the purpose for which it is intended to be used.
|
| “Embarkation
ladder”
|
means the ladder provided at
survival craft embarkation stations to permit safe access to
survival craft after launching; complying with the requirements of
the LSA Code
|
| "Embarkation
station"
|
means the place from which a
survival craft is boarded. An embarkation station may also serve as
a muster station, provided there is sufficient room, and the muster
station activities can safely take place there.
|
| “Emergency source of
electrical power”
|
means the emergency source of
electrical power required by SOLAS II-1/42.
|
| “Emergency
switchboard”
|
is a switchboard which in the
event of failure of the main electrical power supply system is
directly supplied by the emergency source of electrical power or the
transitional source of emergency power and is intended to distribute
electrical energy to the emergency services.
|
| “Engaged in
trade”
|
means, for the purposes of the
Code, the carriage of passengers for reward or remuneration under a
charter or hire agreement.
|
| “EPIRB”
|
means a satellite emergency
position-indicating radio beacon, being an earth station in the
mobile-satellite service, the emissions of which are intended to
facilitate search and rescue operations, complying with performance
standards adopted by the IMO contained in either Resolution
A.810(19) or Resolution A.812(19) and Resolution A.662(16), or any
Resolution amending or replacing these from time to time and which
is considered by the Administration to be relevant, and is capable
of:
- (a) floating free and automatically activating
if the ship sinks;
- (b) being manually activated; and
- (c) being carried by one person.
|
| “Existing
vessel”
|
means any vessel, the keel of
which was laid or was at a similar stage of construction prior to
the 1st January 2019.
|
| “Fire damper”
|
means a device installed in a
ventilation duct, which under normal conditions remains open
allowing flow in the duct, and is closed during a fire, preventing
the flow in the duct to restrict the passage of fire. In using the
above definition, the following terms may be associated:
- “automatic fire damper” is a fire damper that
closes independently in response to exposure to fire
products;
- “manual fire damper” is a fire damper that is
intended to be opened or closed by the crew by hand at the
damper itself; and
- “remotely operated fire damper” is a fire
damper that is closed by the crew through a control located
at a distance away from the controlled damper.
|
| “Fire Safety Systems
Code”
|
means the International Code for Fire Safety Systems
as adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO by resolution
MSC.98 (73), as may be amended by the IMO.
|
| “Fire Test Procedures
Code”
|
means the International Code for Application of Fire Test
Procedures as adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of
the IMO by resolution MSC.61(67), as may be amended by the
IMO.
|
| “flashpoint”
|
means the temperature in
degrees Celsius (closed cup test) at which a product shall give off
enough flammable vapour to be ignited, as determined by an approved
flashpoint apparatus
|
| “Float-free
launching”
|
means that method of launching
a survival craft whereby the craft is automatically released from a
sinking ship and is ready for use
|
| “Forward
perpendicular”
|
means the perpendicular taken
at the forward end of the length (L) such that the perpendicular
coincides with the fore side of the stem on the waterline on which
the length is measured
|
| “Forward
terminal”
|
means the forward limit of the
subdivision length
|
| “Freeboard”
|
has the meaning given in annex
I of ICLL. The freeboard assigned is the distance measured
vertically downwards amidships from the upper edge of the deck line
to the upper edge of the related load line.
|
| “Freeboard
deck”
|
means, subject to paragraphs
(a) to (d) below, the uppermost complete deck exposed to weather and
sea, which has permanent means of closing all openings in the
weather part thereof, and below which all openings in the sides of
the ship are fitted with permanent means of watertight closing-
- (a) in a ship having a discontinuous freeboard
deck, the lowest line of the exposed deck and the
continuation of that line parallel to the upper part of the
deck is taken as the freeboard deck; and
- (b) at the option of the Company and subject to
the approval of the Administration, a lower deck may be
designated as the freeboard deck provided it is a complete
and permanent deck continuous in a fore and aft direction at
least between the machinery space and peak bulkheads and
continuous athwartships, provided that-
- (c) when this lower deck is stepped the lowest
line of the deck and the continuation of that line parallel
to the upper part of the deck is taken as the freeboard
deck;
- (d) when a lower deck is designated as the
freeboard deck, that part of the hull which extends above
the freeboard deck is treated as a superstructure so far as
concerns the application of the conditions of assignment and
the calculation of freeboard and it is from this deck that
the freeboard is calculated.
|
| “Garage spaces”
|
means those enclosed spaces
above and below the bulkhead deck used for the storage of pleasure
craft, vehicles, jet skis or any other such engine driven units and
recreational dive systems
|
| “Garbage”
|
means all kinds of victual,
domestic and operational waste excluding fresh fish and parts
thereof, generated during the normal operation of the vessel and
liable to be disposed of continuously or periodically, except sewage
originating from vessels.
|
| “General emergency alarm
system”
|
means the general emergency
alarm system complying with the requirements of Chapter VII, 7.2.1
the LSA Code;
|
| “Glazed
Opening”
|
means an opening in the hull,
superstructure or deckhouse of a ship structure fitted with a
transparent or translucent material.
|
| “Hazardous
area”
|
means those areas which may
contain flammable or explosive gases, dusts or vapours, the use
without proper consideration of machinery or electrical equipment
may lead to fire hazard or explosion.
|
| “IMO High Speed Craft
Code”
|
means the International Code of Safety for High
Speed Craft, 2000, adopted by the Maritime Safety
Committee of the IMO by resolution MSC.97(73), as amended.
|
| “ICLL”
|
means the International
Convention on Load Lines, 1966, as amended, as applicable for
vessels the keels of which are laid on or after 1st
January 2019.
|
| “ILO”
|
means the International Labour
Organisation
|
| “Immersion
suit”
|
means a protective suit which
reduces the body heat loss of a person wearing it in cold water
complying with the requirements of the LSA Code
|
| “IMO”
|
means the International
Maritime Organisation, a specialised agency of the United Nations
devoted to maritime affairs
|
| “Inflatable
lifejacket”
|
means a lifejacket complying
with the requirements of the LSA Code
|
| “Intact Stability Code,
2008”
|
means the International Code
on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code) As adopted by IMO
Circular MSC.267(85). This revised Code includes a mandatory Part A
and a recommendatory Part B. Also included in Part A are Severe Wind
and Weather Rolling Criteria.
|
| “Keel line”
|
means a line parallel to the
slope of the keel passing amidships through-
- (a) the top of the keel at centreline or line of
intersection of the inside of shell plating with the keel if
a bar keel extends below that line, on a ship with a metal
shell; or
- (b) in wood and composite ships, the distance
is measured from the lower edge of the keel rabbet and when
the form at the lower part of the midship section is of a
hollow character, or where thick garboards are fitted, the
distance is measured from the point where the line of the
flat of the bottom continued inward intersects the
centreline amidships
|
| “L1”
|
a virtual line drawn at a
height of 2.5% of the breadth (B), or 500 mm, whichever is the
greatest distance, above the design waterline
|
| “L2”
|
a virtual line drawn at a
height of hstd + 0.02L above the design waterline where
0.02L need not exceed 3m
|
| “L3”
|
a virtual line drawn at a
height of 2 x hstd+0.02L above the design waterline where
0.02L need not exceed 3m
|
| “Level 1”
|
The area between ‘L1’ and
‘L2’
|
| “Level 2”
|
The area between ‘L2’ and
‘L3’
|
| “Landing Area”
|
A generic term referring to
any area primarily intended for the landing or take-off of
aircraft.
|
| “Launching appliance (or
arrangement)”
|
means a provision complying with
the requirements of the LSA Code for safely
transferring a lifeboat, rescue boat, or liferaft respectively, from
its stowed position to the water and recovery where
applicable.
|
| “Length”
|
means 96% of the total length
on a waterline of a ship at 85% of the least moulded depth measured
from the top of the keel, or the length from the fore-side of the
stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be
greater. In ships designed with a rake of keel the waterline on
which this is measured shall be parallel to the designed
waterline.
|
| “Lightest seagoing
condition”
|
means the loading condition
with the ship on even keel, with 10% stores and fuel remaining and
with the full number of passengers and crew and their
luggage
|
| “Lifeboat”
|
means a lifeboat complying
with the requirements of the LSA Code
|
| “Lifebuoy”
|
means a lifebuoy complying with
the requirements of LSA Code.
|
| “Lifejacket”
|
means a lifejacket complying
with the requirements of LSA Code.
|
| “Liferaft”
|
means a liferaft complying
with the requirements of LSA Code.
|
| “Lightweight”
|
means the displacement of a
ship in tonnes without, fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh
water and feedwater in tanks, consumable stores, and passengers and
crew and their effects;
|
| “Line throwing
appliance”
|
means an appliance complying
with the requirements of LSA Code.
|
| “Low-flashpoint
fuel”
|
means gaseous or liquid fuel
having a flashpoint lower than otherwise permitted under SOLAS II-2/4.2.1.1
|
| “Low flame
spread”
|
means that the surface thus
described shall adequately restrict the spread of flame, this being
determined in accordance with the Fire Test Procedures Code.
|
| “LSA Code”
|
means the International Life-Saving Appliance
Code adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO
by resolution MSC.48(66), as it may be amended by the IMO
|
| “Machinery
rooms”
|
means spaces between the
watertight boundaries of a room containing the main and auxiliary
propulsion machinery, including boilers, generators and electric
motors primarily intended for propulsion; provided that in the case
of unusual arrangements, the Administration may define the limits of
the machinery rooms
|
| “Machinery
spaces”
|
are all machinery spaces of
category A and all other spaces containing propelling machinery,
boilers, oil fuel units, steam and internal combustion engines,
generators and major electrical machinery, oil filling stations,
refrigerating, stabilizing, ventilation and air conditioning
machinery, and similar spaces, and trunks to such spaces.
|
| “Machinery spaces of
category A”
|
means those spaces and trunks
to such spaces which contain either-
- (a) internal combustion machinery used for main
propulsion;
- (b) internal combustion machinery used for
purposes other than main propulsion where such machinery has
in the aggregate a total power output of not less than 375
kW; or
- (c) any oil-fired boiler or oil fuel unit, or
any oil-fired equipment other than boilers, such as inert
gas generators, incinerators, etc.
|
| “Main source of electrical
power”
|
is a source intended to supply
electrical power to the main switchboard for distribution to all
services necessary for maintaining the ship in normal operation and
habitable condition.
|
| “Main
switchboard”
|
is a switchboard which is
directly supplied by the main source of electrical power and is
intended to distribute electrical energy to the ship's
services.
|
| “Main vertical
zone”
|
means those sections into
which the hull, superstructure and deckhouses are divided by “A”
class divisions, the mean length of which on any deck does not
normally exceed 40 metres.
|
| “Man-riding”
|
means the use of a crane,
lifting appliance or launching appliance with persons within the
tender, rescue boat or other vehicle or platform during launch or
recovery
|
| “Margin line”
|
is a line drawn at least 76
millimetres below the upper surface of the bulkhead deck at
side
|
| “Marine evacuation
system”
|
means an appliance complying
with the requirements of the LSA Code, for the rapid
transfer of persons from the embarkation deck of a ship to a
floating survival craft;
|
| “MARPOL”
|
means the International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended.
|
| “Master”
|
includes every person (except a
pilot) having command or charge of a ship and, in relation to a
yacht, include the captain or skipper
|
| “Mid-length”
|
means the mid-point of the
subdivision length of the ship;
|
| “Major
conversion”
|
means a conversion of a
vessel:
- (a) that substantially alters the dimensions of
a vessel;
- (b) which changes the type of the vessel;
- (c) the intent of which in the opinion of the
Administration is substantially to prolong its life;
- (d) which otherwise so alters the ship that, if
it were a new vessel, it would become subject to relevant
provisions of the present Code not applicable to it as an
existing vessel.
|
| “Mile”
|
means a nautical mile of 1852
metres.
|
| “MLC”
|
means the International Labour
Organisation’s Maritime Labour Convention 2006, as amended, as
applicable for vessels the keels of which are laid on or after
1st January 2019.
|
| “Moulded depth”
|
means, subject to paragraphs
(a) to (c) below, the vertical distance measured from the top of the
keel to the top of the freeboard deck beam at side, provided
that-
- (a) in wood and composite ships, the distance is
measured from the lower edge of the keel rabbet and where
the form at the lower part of the midship section is of a
hollow character, or where thick garboards are fitted, the
distance is measured from the point where the line of the
flat of the bottom continued inwards cuts the side of the
keel;
- (b) in ships having rounded gunwales, the
moulded depth shall be measured to the point of intersection
of the moulded lines of the deck and side shell plating, the
lines extending as though the gunwale were of angular
design; and
- (c) where the freeboard deck is stepped and the
raised part of the deck extends over the point at which the
moulded depth shall be determined, the moulded depth shall
be measured to a line of reference extending from the lower
part of the deck along a line parallel with the raised
part
|
| "Muster
station"
|
means an area where passengers
and crew can be gathered in the event of an emergency, given
instructions and prepared to abandon the craft, if
necessary.
|
| “Non-combustible
material”
|
means a material which neither
burns nor gives off flammable vapours in sufficient quantity for
self-ignition when heated to approximately 750°C, this being
determined in accordance with the Fire Test Procedures Code.
|
| "Motor vessel”
|
means a vessel which is
described in the register and on the certificate of registry as
such, and which has a sole means of propulsion either one or more
power units.
|
| “Multihull
vessel”
|
means any vessel which in any
normally achievable operating trim or heel angle, has a rigid hull
structure which penetrates the surface of the sea over more than one
separate or discrete area.
|
| “New vessel”
|
means a vessel, to which this
Code applies, the keel of which was laid or was at a similar stage
of construction on or after the 1st January 2019.
|
| “Not readily
ignitable”
|
means that the surface thus
described shall not continue to burn for more than 20 seconds after
removal of a suitable impinging test flame.
|
| “Occasional
Worker”
|
As defined in Annex E
|
| “Officer”
|
“Officer” means
|
| “Oil fuel unit”
|
means the equipment used for
the preparation of oil fuel for delivery to an oil-fired boiler, or
equipment used for the preparation for delivery of heated oil to an
internal combustion engine, and includes any oil pressure pumps,
filters and heaters dealing with oil at a pressure of more than 0.18
N/mm2
|
| “Over-side Working
Systems”
|
means the securing, anchoring
or track and rail systems used to access external portions of the
vessel for maintenance and wash down. This can include but not
limited to track and car systems or static harness points
|
| “Partial subdivision draft”
or “(dp)”
|
means the light service draft
plus 60% of the difference between the light service draft and the
Design Waterline draft
|
| “Passenger”
|
As defined in Annex E
|
| “Passenger
ship”
|
means a ship carrying more than
12 passengers
|
| “Passenger
spaces”
|
means those spaces which are
provided for the accommodation and use of passengers, excluding
baggage store, provision and mail rooms and for the purposes of
purposes of sections 4.26(3) and 4.27(5), spaces provided below the
margin line for the accommodation and use of the crew shall be
regarded as passenger spaces
|
| “Passenger
yacht”
|
means a yacht engaged in trade
carrying more than 12 but not more than 36 passengers
|
| “Passenger Yacht
1”
|
means a passenger yacht engaged
on a prescribed international voyage;
|
| “Passenger Yacht
2”
|
means a passenger yacht engaged
on voyages in wind and weather conditions not exceeding Wind Scale 6
and Sea State 5 on the Beaufort scale and during which the ship
is-
(a) not more than 20 nautical miles from land;
and
(b) not more than 60 nautical miles from a port or
place in which the passengers and crew could be placed in
safety
|
| “Permeability or
“(μ)””
|
of a space means the proportion
of the immersed volume of that space which can be occupied by
water
|
| “Person”
|
means a person over the age of
one year.
|
| “Pleasure
vessel”
|
shall have the meaning
assigned to the term as defined in the national legislation of the
REG Member State implementing the provisions of the Code
|
| “Position 1”
|
means upon freeboard decks and
raised quarterdecks, or other exposed decksfootnote lower than one standard
height of superstructure above the freeboard deck, and upon exposed
decks3 situated forward of a point located a quarter of the ship’s
length from the forward perpendicular that are located lower than
two standard heights of superstructure above the freeboard
deck.
|
| “Position 2”
|
means upon exposed decks
situated abaft a quarter of the ship’s length from the forward
perpendicular and located at least one standard height of
superstructure above the freeboard deck and lower than two standard
heights of superstructure above the freeboard deck. Upon exposed
decks situated forward of a point located a quarter of the ship’s
length from the forward perpendicular and located at least two
standard heights of superstructure above the freeboard deck and
lower than three standard heights of superstructure above the
freeboard deck.
|
| “Positive
stability”
|
means the ability of a ship to
return to its original position after the removal of a heeling
moment
|
| “Prescribed international
voyage”
|
means an international voyage
during the course of which a ship is not more than 200 nautical
miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew could be
placed in safety and within a geographical area which limits the
length of the voyage to a maximum of 1000 nautical miles from the
initial point of departure, as specified in any Certificate issued
in accordance with the Code with respect to the ship
|
| “Prescriptive
requirements”
|
means the construction
characteristics, limiting dimensions or fire safety systems
specified in this Code or in applicable International Conventions or
national laws and regulations
|
| “Public spaces”
|
means those portions of the
accommodation which are used for halls, dining rooms, lounges and
includes similar permanently enclosed spaces
|
| “Radar
transponder”
|
means a radar transponder for
use in survival craft to facilitate location of survival craft in
search and rescue operations.
|
| “Recess”
|
means an indentation or
depression in a deck and which is surrounded by the deck and has no
boundary common with the shell of the vessel.
|
| “Recognised Organisation or
“RO””
|
means a Classification Society
or other body which has been authorised by the Administration under
a written agreement to undertake statutory surveys and issue
statutory Certificates on the Administration’s behalf
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| “Recovery time for a rescue
boat”
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means the time required to
raise the boat to a position where persons onboard can disembark to
the deck of the ship and includes the time required to make
preparations for recovery onboard the rescue boat such as passing
and securing a painter, connecting the rescue boat to the launching
appliance, and the time to raise the rescue boat provided that
recovery time does not include the time needed to lower the
launching appliance into position to recover the rescue
boat.
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| “Recreational Diving
System”
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means any system or equipment
using, creating or storing compressed gas of any type to aid or
facilitate recreational underwater activities.
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| “Recreational Fire
Appliances”
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means heating or cooking
appliances with open flames such as fireplaces, charcoal galley
ovens, barbecues, spit roasts and fire pits.
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| “REG”
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Means The Red Ensign Group
comprising of the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies (Isle of Man,
Guernsey and Jersey) and UK Overseas Territories (Anguilla, Bermuda,
British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar,
Montserrat, St Helena and the Turks & Caicos Islands) which
operate shipping registers.
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| “Rescue boat”
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means a boat complying with the
requirements of LSA Code and designed to
rescue persons in distress and for marshalling liferafts.
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| “Retro-reflective
material”
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means a material which reflects
in the opposite direction a beam of light directed on it.
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| “Rocket parachute
flare”
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means a pyrotechnic signal
complying with the requirements of LSA Code.
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| “Safe haven”
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means a harbour or shelter of
any kind which affords entry, subject to prudence in the weather
conditions prevailing, and protection from the force of the
weather.
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| “Sailing
vessel”
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means a vessel designed to
carry sail, whether as a sole means of propulsion or as a
supplementary means.
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| “Sauna”
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means a hot room with
temperatures normally varying between 80°C and 120°C where the heat
is provided by a hot surface (e.g., by an electrically heated oven)
and may include the space where the oven is located and adjacent
bathrooms.
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| “Seafarer”
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includes every person (except
Occasional Workers and pilots) employed or engaged in any capacity
onboard a ship.
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| “Sea area A1”
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means an area within the
radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station in which
continuous DSC alerting is available.
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| “Sea area A2”
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means an area, excluding sea
area A1, within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast
station in which continuous DCS alerting is available
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| “Sea area A3”
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means an area, excluding sea
areas A1 and A2, within the coverage of an INMARSAT geostationary
satellite in which continuous alerting is available.
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| "Sea area A4”
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means an area outside sea area
A1, A2 and A3.
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| “Self-activating smoke
signal”
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means a signal complying with
the requirements of LSA Code.
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| “Self-igniting
light”
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means a light complying with
the requirements of LSA Code.
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| “Service
spaces”
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means those spaces used for
galleys, pantries containing cooking appliances, lockers,
store-rooms, workshops other than those forming part of the
machinery spaces, and similar spaces and trunks to such
spaces.
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| “Ships
constructed”
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means ships the keels of which
are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction.
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| “Short Range
Yacht”
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means a vessel under 500GT,
the keel of which was laid or was at a similar stage of construction
prior to the 1st August 2005, or a vessel constructed on or after
that date under 300GT: restricted to operating in forecast or actual
wind of a maximum Beaufort Force 4, for a motor yacht, and Beaufort
Force 6 for a sailing yacht within 60 nautical miles of a safe
haven. (The Administration may permit operation on specified routes
up to 90 nautical miles from a safe haven as appropriate).
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| “Similar stage of
construction”
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means at a stage which:
- (a) construction identifiable with a
specific vessel begins; and
- (b) assembly of that vessel, comprising at
least 50 tonnes or 1% of the estimated mass of all
structural material has commenced; or
- (c) In the case of vessels constructed of
FRP or GRP this shall be considered as the date when
more than 5% of the hull resin and reinforcement has
been laid.
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| “Smoke damper”
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means a device installed in a
ventilation duct, which under normal conditions remains open
allowing flow in the duct, and is closed during a fire, preventing
the flow in the duct to restrict the passage of smoke and hot gases.
A smoke damper is not expected to contribute to the integrity of a
fire rated division penetrated by a ventilation duct. In using the
above definition the following terms may be associated:
- “automatic smoke damper” is a smoke damper that
closes independently in response to exposure to smoke or hot
gases;
- “manual smoke damper” is a smoke damper
intended to be opened or closed by the crew by hand at the
damper itself; and
- “remotely operated smoke damper” is a smoke
damper that is closed by the crew through a control located
at a distance away from the controlled damper.
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| “Sprinkler”
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means a fixed pressure
water-spraying fire-extinguishing system complying with the
provisions of the Fire Safety Systems Code.
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| “SOLAS”
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means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea, 1974 as amended, as applicable for vessels the keels
of which are laid on or after 1st January 2019.
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| “SOLAS 90”
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means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea, 1974 as amended by the IMO October 1988 amendments,
which were adopted by resolution MSC.12(56) and entered into force
on 29 April 1990.
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| “SOLAS A pack”
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means a liferaft emergency pack
complying with the requirements of LSA Code
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| “SOLAS B pack”
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means a liferaft emergency pack
complying with the requirements of LSA Code
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| “Standard fire
test”
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means a test in which specimens
of the relevant bulkheads, decks or other constructions are exposed
in a test furnace by a specified test method in accordance with the
Fire Test Procedures Code
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| “Standard Superstructure
Height ‘hstd’”
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means standard superstructure
height which shall be taken as-
- (a) 1.8 metres for vessels up to 75 metres in
length;
- (b) 2.3 metres for vessels of 125 metres or more
in length; and
- (c) superstructure heights for vessels of
intermediate lengths shall be obtained by interpolation
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| “STCW”
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means the International
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers, 1978, as amended, as applicable for vessels the keels
of which are laid on or after 1st January 2019.
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| “Steel or other equivalent
material”
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means any non-combustible
material which, by itself or due to insulation provided, has
structural and integrity properties equivalent to steel at the end
of the applicable exposure to the standard fire test (e.g.,
aluminium alloy with appropriate insulation)
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| “Storm Covers”
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means a portable protective
closure fitted to a glazed opening and which is fitted to the
outside (weatherside) of the vessel. Also known as a Storm
Shutter.
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| “Sub-division length or
“(Ls)”
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of a ship means the greatest
projected moulded length of that part of the ship at or below deck
or decks limiting the vertical extent of flooding with the ship at
the Design Waterline draft
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| “Submersible
Craft”
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means any description of manned
mobile submersible apparatus which is designed to maintain some or
all of its occupants at or near atmospheric pressure including free,
self-propelled, tethered, towed or bottom contact propelled
apparatus and atmospheric diving suits.
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| “Superstructure”
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means a decked structure on the
freeboard deck, extending from side to side of the ship or with the
side plating not being inboard of the shell plating more than 4% of
the breadth (B)
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| “Survival
craft”
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means a craft capable of
sustaining the lives of persons in distress from the time of
abandoning the ship, including Liferafts, MES &
Lifeboats
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| “Training
manual”
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with regard to life-saving
appliances means a manual complying with the requirements of SOLAS
III/Part B – Life Saving Appliances and
Arrangements, Regulation 35.
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| “Trim”
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means the difference between
the draft forward and the draft aft, where the drafts are measured
at the forward and aft terminals respectively, disregarding any rake
of keel
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| “Two-way VHF radiotelephone
set”
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means a portable or a fixed
VHF installation for survival craft complying with the performance
standards adopted by the IMO contained in A.762(18) or any
Resolution amending or replacing it which is considered by the
Administration to be relevant from time to time.
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| “Voyage”
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includes an excursion
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| “Watertight”
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means having scantlings and
arrangements capable of preventing the passage of water in any
direction under the head of water likely to occur in intact and
damaged conditions and in the damaged condition the head of water
shall be considered in the worst situation at equilibrium, including
intermediate stages of flooding;
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| “Weather deck”
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means a deck which is
completely exposed to the weather from above and from at least two
sides
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| “Weathertight”
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means that in any sea
conditions water shall not penetrate into the ship.
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| “Well”
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means any area on the deck
exposed to the weather, where water may be entrapped and includes
deck areas bounded on two or more sides by deck structures.
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| “Wheelhouse”
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means the control position
occupied by the officer of the watch who is responsible for the safe
navigation of the vessel.
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| “Window”
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means a ship's window, being
any window, regardless of shape, suitable for installation aboard
ships.
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