### Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations 《商船(最少乘客空間)規例》

10. Provision for spaces in which livestock may be carried
(1) Where livestock are carried on a ship to which these regulations apply, such arrangements as are approved by the Director shall be made for separating the spaces in which the livestock are carried from any space allocated for the accommodation of passengers.
(2) Except where livestock are carried on an exposed deck, close fitting partitions and separate ventilation systems shall be fitted to prevent effluvia escaping from any space in which livestock are carried to passenger accommodation.
(3) Where livestock are carried on an exposed deck the partitions shall not be required to be as close fitting if washboards are securely placed to prevent any excreta from the livestock flowing or being carried into the passenger accommodation.

11. Separation of passenger spaces from spaces occupied by livestock, fish or cargo
(1) In the case of any ship engaged exclusively in the river trade area, if part of the deck of the ship is used for the carriage of livestock, fish or cargo, such part shall be separated from any space allocated for the accommodation of passengers by means of gastight partition or other effective barriers so constructed as to prevent any excreta or liquid refuse from flowing or being carried into the space in which the livestock, fish or cargo is being carried and also to prevent any liquid from fruit or vegetables or any excreta from livestock flowing or being carried into any space allocated for the accommodation of passengers.
(2) No passenger, other than a bona fide attendant of livestock or fish, shall be accommodated in any space allocated for the carriage of any livestock, fish or cargo.
(3) No passenger shall be accommodated in any compartment adjoining any part of a tank in which oil may be carried in bulk, other than the crown of any such tank, unless the compartment is separated from the tank by a gastight steel division in addition to the division which retains the oil.
(4) Every space between the two bulkheads shall be accessible and well ventilated:
Provided that if the bunker bulkhead is of welded construction the additional bulkhead need not be fitted.

### Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations 《商船(最少乘客空間)規例》

12. Fittings on deck spaces to which passengers have access
(1) Every deck space to which any passenger has access shall be fitted with proper fittings to prevent persons falling therefrom.
(2) If such fittings consist of rails and stanchions—
(a) the top of the uppermost rail shall be not less than 3 feet 6 inches in height above the top of the deck; and
(b) in order to provide adequate protection for children, the rails shall be not more than 9 inches apart unless strong wire netting is placed between the rails.
(3) If bulwarks are fitted they shall be not less than 3 feet 6 inches high; and the freeing ports shall be fitted with suitable grids for the protection of children.
(4) The height of the rails shall be measured by the vertical distance from the top of the highest rail to the top of the deck at a point vertically below the inner edge of the rail:
Provided that where the deck has a waterway, the height of the rail shall be measured from the top of the highest rail to the top of the deck plank next to the waterway.

### Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations 《商船(最少乘客空間)規例》

13. Means of access and egress, generally
(1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, all stairways and passages shall be so arranged as to ensure—
(a) easy access to and egress from each main compartment allocated for the accommodation of berthed or unberthed passengers, having regard to the length of such compartment and the number of passengers for whom accommodation is provided therein;
(b) easy access at all times to the portions of the weather deck allocated as exercise space for the passengers in the various spaces; and
(c) easy access to the spaces above the weather deck appropriated for the use of unberthed passengers or required as muster stations for such passengers in the event of an emergency.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), every stairway leading from below to the weather deck shall be protected in the way of openings in the freeboard and superstructure decks which communicate with spaces allocated for the accommodation of unberthed passengers, by permanent steel deckhouses of not less than 6 feet in clear height or by such other arrangements as are approved by the Director.
(3) Subject to the approval of the Director, such a deckhouse shall not be required—
(a) where a stairway from below leads into an enclosed superstructure; or
(b) in the case of ships engaged exclusively in the river trade area, other than to openings forward of a point distant   1 8 th of the ships registered length measured from the stem.
(4) In any case where, in accordance with paragraph (3), a deckhouse is not required, substantial guard rails complying with the requirements prescribed in regulation 12 shall be securely fitted in way of the stairway openings.
(5) A separate stairway shall be provided for each compartment or space allocated for the accommodation of unberthed passengers.
(6) In no case shall the only means of communication with any such compartment or space consist of an opening in a bulkhead that forms part of the sub-division arrangements of the ship unless each such opening is—
(a) trunked watertight to the bulkhead deck; and
(b) approved by the Director.

### Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations 《商船(最少乘客空間)規例》

14. Stairways
(1) No arrangement by which access to the weather deck is by stairways leading into any space not allocated for the accommodation of unberthed passengers will be accepted unless—
(a) full particulars with plans of the proposed arrangement have been submitted in accordance with paragraph (2) of regulation 4; and
(b) the arrangement has been approved by the Director.
(2) Every stairway shall be arranged in a fore and aft direction.
(3) The angle of every stairway from the vertical shall be not less than 37o.
(4) Every stairway shall have at least 6 feet clear headroom above each stair tread.
(5) No stairway shall be less than 30 inches in width.
(6) No stairway shall exceed 60 inches in width unless it is fitted with intermediate rails neither less than 30 inches apart nor more than 60 inches apart.
(7) For the purposes of paragraphs (5) and (6), the width of every stairway shall be measured on a tread and within the sides unless the handrails encroach on the tread, in which case, the width of the stairway shall be ascertained by measuring the distance between the handrails.
(8) Wherever it is practicable—
(a) more than one stairway shall be fitted to every compartment or space allocated for the accommodation of passengers;
(b) stairways shall be situated as far apart from each other as is practicable at the opposite ends of each such compartment or space.
(9) Every stairway shall be constructed of steel, including the frame, thread and risers and shall be—
(a) properly secured;
(b) sparred on the back; and
(c) fitted with handrails consisting of material other than ropes.
(10) Where the sides of any stairway is not bounded by bulkheads, an additional rail shall be fitted below each handrail.

15. Landings
(1) Landings shall be fitted—
(a) within the protecting deckhouses specified in paragraph (2) of regulation 13; and
(b) elsewhere where stairways are fitted, at the head of each flight of stairs.
(2) Every landing shall be at least as wide as the stairway to which it is fitted and shall be not less than 24 inches in length.