Merchant Shipping (Emergency Information For Passengers) Rules, 1992.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Emergency Information for Passengers) Rules, 1992 and shall come into operation on the 14th day of December, 1992.
(2) In these Rules—
"the Minister" means the Minister for the Marine;
"passenger ship" means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers of Class I, II, II(A), III, IV, V or VI and to which section 427 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, applies;
"voyage" includes and excursion.
(3) A reference in these Rules to a numbered class, or a numbered and lettered class, of ship is a reference to such a class of ship within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Rules, 1985 ( S.I. No. 279 of 1985 ).
2 Public Address System.
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paragraphs: (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this Rule, a passenger ship that is certified under the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1992, to carry more than 20 passengers shall be provided with a public address system.
(2) In lieu of complying with the requirement of paragraph (1) of this Rule, a passenger ship of Class V or VI that is an open ship may carry a portable loud hailer.
(3) A broadcast made on the public address system required to be provided on a passenger ship by paragraph (1) of this Rule shall be capable of being heard in all public spaces of the ship, including open decks, to which passengers hava access.
3 Emergency Instructions for Passengers.
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paragraphs: (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this rule, if a muster of the passengers is not held on the commencement of a passenger ship on a voyage, the attention of the passengers on the ship shall be drawn by means of an announcement at the commencement of the voyage to the emergency instructions required by paragraphs (9) and (10) of Rule 4 of the Merchant Shipping (Musters and Training) Rules, 1990 ( S.I. No. 85 of 1990 ).
(2) In the case of a passenger ship of Class IV, V or VI—
( a ) passengers shall be informed by means of an announcement at the commencement of a voyage of the action they should take in the event of an emergency which could lead to the ship being abandoned;
( b ) notices providing instructions for passengers as to the action they should take in the event of an emergency as aforesaid shall be displayed in each passenger compartment.
4 Marking of Exits.
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paragraphs: (1) All doors of a passenger ship provided for passenger use and leading from passenger compartments to open decks shall be clearly indicated with one or more signs marked "EXIT".
(2) All doors, windows, side scuttles and other openings of a passenger ship provided for emergency escape purposes shall be clearly indicated with one or more signs marked "EMERGENCY ESCAPE DOOR" or "EMERGENCY ESCAPE WINDOW", as appropriate.
(3) This Rule shall not apply to an open or partially decked passenger ship of Class V or VI.
5 Exemptions.
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paragraphs: (1) The Minister may exempt from all or any of the provisions of these Rules (which shall be specified in the exemption), on such terms (if any) specified by him in the exemption, any class of passenger ship defined by him for the purposes of this Rule if he is satisfied that compliance with such provisions or provision is either impracticable or unreasonable in the case of that class of ship.
(2) The Minister may, subject to giving reasonable notice to the person concerned, amend or revoke an aforesaid exemption.