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(7) The Schedule to the principal notice is hereby amended by adding the following clause:

“14. Existing Ships—(1) Existing ships of Class I, and existing ships of Class II of 45m or more in length, the keel of which was laid before 25 May 1980 shall comply with the requirements of the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea 1960, Chapter II - Part E, Regulations 55 to 64 inclusive and Regulations 66 and 67. Where they carry more than 36 passengers they shall also comply with the requirements of the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea 1974, Chapter II-2, Part F, Regulations 80 (b), and 81 (c) and (d).

(2) Existing ships of Class I, and existing ships of Class II of 45m or more in length, the keel of which was laid on or after 25 May 1980 but before 1 September 1984, shall:

    (a) if carrying more than 36 passengers, comply with the requirements of the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea 1974, Chapter II-2, Parts B and C, Regulations 29, 30 (c) and (e), 31 (a) and (b), and 32; or

    (b) if carrying not more than 36 passengers, comply with the requirements of the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea 1974, Chapter II-2, Part C, Regulation 47.”

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of May 1994.

MAURICE WILLIAMSON, Minister of Transport.

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The Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for Ships of Classes IV, V and Ships of Class VI Less Than 45m) Notice 1989, Amendment No. 2

Pursuant to section 235 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 Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for Ships of Classes IV, V and Ships of Class VI Less Than 45m) Notice 1989, Amendment No. 2 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for Ships of Classes IV, V and Ships of Class VI Less Than 45m) Notice 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the principal notice).

(2) This notice shall come into force on the 30th day of May 1994.

2. Fire Pumps—Subclause (3) (b) of clause 5 of the Schedule to the principal notice is hereby amended by deleting the words “provided that in any ship of Class V of less than 6m the minimum number of fire buckets may be 1”, and by inserting a full stop after the words “2 fire buckets”.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of May 1994.

MAURICE WILLIAMSON, Minister of Transport.

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The Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for Ships of Class VI of 45m in Length and Over) Notice 1989, Amendment No. 1

Pursuant to section 235 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 Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for Ships of Class VI of 45m in Length and Over) Notice 1989, Amendment No. 1 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for Ships of Class VI of 45m in Length and Over) Notice 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the principal notice).

(2) This notice shall come into force on the 30th day of May 1994.

2. Automatic sprinkler, fire detection and fire alarm systems—Clause (3) (1) of the Schedule to the principal notice is hereby amended by deleting lines 1 to 5 inclusive and substituting the following paragraph:

   “Every ship of Class VI of 45m in length and over shall, depending on the degree of fire protection used in the construction of the ship as required in the Shipping (Construction) Regulations 1989, be provided in the accommodation and service spaces with either:”.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of May 1994.

MAURICE WILLIAMSON, Minister of Transport.

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The Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for Ships of Classes VII, VIIA and VIII) Notice 1989, Amendment No. 1

Pursuant to section 235 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 Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for Ships of Classes VII, VIIA and VIII) Notice 1989, Amendment No. 1 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Fire Appliances (Code of Practice for Ships of Classes VII, VIIA and VIII) Notice 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the principal notice).

(2) This notice shall come into force on the 30th day of May 1994.

2. Clauses amended—(1) Clause 1 of the Schedule to the principal notice is hereby amended by revoking the definition of “new ship” and substituting the following definition:

   “‘new ship’ means a ship of which the keel was laid, or in respect of which a similar stage of construction is reached:

   (a) in the case of a ship of Classes VII, VIIA, and VIII with a gross tonnage of 500 or more, on the 1st day of September 1984; and

   (b) in the case of a ship of Classes VII, VIIA, and VIII with a gross tonnage of less than 500, on the 1st day of November 1989; and

   for the purpose of this definition, ‘similar stage of construction’ means the stage at which construction identifiable with the ship comprises at least 50 tonnes or 1 percent of the estimated mass of the structural material of the completed ship, whichever is the less.”.

(2) The Schedule to the principal notice is hereby amended by revoking clause 2 and substituting the following clause:

“2. Application—Part I of this Code of Practice applies to ships of Classes VII, VIIA, and VIII with a gross tonnage of 500 or more, unless otherwise stated, except ships of Class VIII which are hydrofoil or surface effect ships.”

(3) The Schedule to the principal notice is hereby amended by revoking subclauses (2), (3) and (4) of clause 3.

(4) Clauses 4 (1), 4 (2), 4 (5), 5 (1), 5 (2), 7 (1), 8 (1), 11, 12 (1), 13, 15 (1), 16, 17 (1), 19 and 22 of the Schedule to the principal notice are hereby amended by inserting, after the word “every” wherever it occurs, the word “new”.

(5) Clauses 5 (3), 6, 9, 10, 17 (3), 18 and 20 of the Schedule to the principal notice are hereby amended by