New Zealand Gazette – 1989 – No. 190

Page 5437

✨ Shipping Regulations



31 OCTOBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 5437

Provided that in passenger ships the following items of movable equipment may, with the approval of the Chief Surveyor be stowed in 1 or more fire-appliance rooms, which shall be of steel construction, be located in such position or positions as not likely to be cut off by or inaccessible in the event of a fire, and from which the equipment can rapidly and easily be taken to a fire by the ship’s fire-fighting personnel, namely:

(a) Fire crew outfits;

(b) Portable air-foam applicators or other portable foam-making appliances;

(c) Water-fog applicators;

(d) Spare hoses, nozzles, and axes;

(e) Any other portable fire-fighting appliances approved by the Chief Surveyor.

  1. Liquefied petroleum gas appliances—Where liquefied petroleum gas consuming appliances are fitted below the main deck every space containing such an appliance should be provided with fixed gas detection equipment.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of October 1989.

W. P. JEFFRIES,
Minister of Transport.

The Ship Construction (Code of Practice For Ships Not Required to Comply With The Safety Convention) Notice 1989

Pursuant to Section 197 of the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952, the Minister of Transport hereby gives the following notice.

Notice

  1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Ship Construction (Code of Practice For Ships Not Required To Comply With The Safety Convention) Notice 1989.

(2) This notice shall come into force on the 1st day of November 1989.

  1. Code of Practice prescribed—The Code of Practice set out in the Schedule to this notice is hereby prescribed for the purposes of the Shipping (Construction) Regulations 1989.

  2. Application—(1) This Code shall apply to every new New Zealand passenger and/or cargo ship which is:

a) A foreign going non-passenger ship of Class VII of less than 500 gross tonnage and less than 45m in length.

b) A passenger or cargo ship of Class II, III, VI, VIIA, VIII and IX of less than 45m in length which proceeds beyond extended river limits, other than a hydrofoil ship or surface effect ship of Class II, III, and VI.

c) A passenger or cargo ship of Class IV, V, and IX which operates only within river and extended river limits, other than a hydrofoil ship or surface effect ship of Class IV and V.

(2) This Code does not apply to Class X (Fishing Vessels).

Schedule

The Ship Construction (Code of Practice For Ships Not Required To Comply With The Safety Convention) Notice 1989

CONTENTS

Part I—Interpretation

  1. Definitions and Meanings

Part II—Ships Structure

  1. Structural Strength

  2. Scantlings

Part III—Subdivision and Stability

Section A—Subdivision

  1. Watertight Bulkheads

  2. Construction and Initial Testing of Watertight Bulkheads, etc.

  3. Openings in Watertight Bulkheads, etc.

  4. Means of Closing Openings in Watertight Bulkheads

  5. Watertight Doors

  6. Openings in Sides of the Ship

  7. Weather Deck

Section B—Stability

  1. Stability Information

Part IV Bilge Pumping Arrangements

  1. General

  2. Bilge Pumps

  3. Number of Bilge Pumps

  4. Bilge Pipes

  5. Bilge Alarms

  6. Sounding Pipes

Part V Machinery Installations

  1. General

  2. Means of Going Astern

  3. Machinery

  4. Machinery Controls

  5. Steam Boilers and Boiler Feed Systems

  6. Steam Pipe Systems

  7. Air Pressure Systems

  8. Cooling Water Systems

  9. Oil and Fuel Installations

  10. Lubricating and Other Oil Systems

  11. Ventilation Systems in Machinery Spaces

  12. Communication between Navigating Bridge and Machinery Space

  13. Steering Gear

  14. Protection Against Noise

  15. Spare Gear and Tools

Part VI Electrical Installation

  1. Application

  2. General

  3. Electrical Systems

  4. Emergency Source of Electrical Power: Ships of Class II

  5. Switchboards

  6. Batteries

  7. Cables and their Installation

  8. Generators, Motors and Control Gear

  9. Heating and Cooking Appliances

  10. Accessories

  11. Lightning Protection

  12. Earthing

  13. Shore Power

  14. Testing of a Completed Installation

Part VII Fire Protection

  1. General

  2. Structural Requirements for Ships of Less than 24m Length

  3. Structural Requirements for Ships 24m Length and Over and of Class II, III, VII, VIIA and VIII



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🚂 Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for General Requirements for Fire Appliances) Notice 1989 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
31 October 1989
Shipping, Fire Safety, Fire Appliances, Code of Practice, General Requirements, Regulations, Fire Pumps, Fire Main, Hydrants, Ventilation, Emergency Fire Pump, Suction Piping, Structural Fire Protection, Machinery Space, Water-service Pipes, Fixed Pressure Water Spraying System, Special Category Spaces, Fire-smothering Gas Installations, High-expansion Foam Fire-extinguishing Systems, Low-expansion Foam Fire-extinguishing Systems, Portable Air-foam Applicator Unit, Automatic Sprinkler, Fire-alarm, Fire-detection Systems, Fire Crew Outfits, Means for Stopping Machinery, Shutting-off Oil-fuel Suction-pipes, Closing Openings
  • W. P. Jeffries, Minister of Transport

🚂 Ship Construction (Code of Practice For Ships Not Required to Comply With The Safety Convention) Notice 1989

🚂 Transport & Communications
Shipping, Ship Construction, Code of Practice, Safety Convention, Regulations, Structural Strength, Scantlings, Subdivision, Stability, Bilge Pumping, Machinery Installations, Electrical Installation, Fire Protection