### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built Before 25 May 1980) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1980年5月25日之前建造的船舶)規例》

72. Fire control plans
(1) In every ship of Class I or Class II, and in every ship of Class II(A) of 21.34 metres in length or over, there shall be permanently exhibited for the guidance of the master and officers of the ship general arrangement plans showing clearly for each deck the position of the control stations, the sections of the ship which are enclosed by fire resisting bulkheads, the sections of the ship which are enclosed by fire retarding bulkheads, together with particulars of the fire alarms, fire detection systems, the sprinkler installations, the fixed and portable fire extinguishing appliances and firemen’s outfits, the means of access to the various compartments and adjoining decks, the ventilating system including particulars of the master fan controls, the position of dampers and identification numbers of the ventilating fans serving each section of the ship, the location of the international shore connection and the position of all means of control referred to in regulation 70.
(2) In every ship to which these regulations apply of 500 tons or over, other than one to which subregulation (1) applies, there shall be permanently exhibited for the guidance of the master and officers of the ship general arrangement plans showing clearly all the information referred to in subregulation (1) which is applicable to the ship.
(3) The general arrangement plans required by this regulation shall be kept up to date, any alterations being recorded thereon without delay.
(4) A duplicate set of the general arrangement plans referred to in subregulation (3) shall be permanently stored in a prominently marked weathertight enclosure outside the deck house for the assistance of shore-side fire-fighting personnel.
(5) In ships to which subregulation (1) or (2) applies, instructions concerning the maintenance and operation of all the equipment and installations on board for fire-fighting and containment of the fire shall be kept in one book readily available in an accessible position.

73. Availability of fire-fighting appliances
Fire-fighting appliances carried in any ship to which these regulations apply shall be maintained in good order and shall be kept available for immediate use at all times. All movable fire-fighting appliances, other than firemen’s outfits, shall be stowed where they will be readily accessible from the spaces in which they are intended to be used, and, in particular, one of the portable fire extinguishers intended for use in any space shall be stowed near the entrance to that space.

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built Before 25 May 1980) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1980年5月25日之前建造的船舶)規例》

74. Equivalents and exemptions
(1) Where these regulations require that a particular fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, shall be fitted or carried in a ship, or that any particular provision shall be made, the Director may allow any other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried, or any other provision to be made in that ship, if he is satisfied that that such other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, is at least as effective as that required by these regulations.
(2) The Director may grant exemptions from all or any of the provisions of these regulations (as may be specified in the exemption) for classes of cases or individual cases on such terms (if any) as he may so specify and may, subject to giving reasonable notice, alter or cancel such exemption.
(3) Every ship of a Class mentioned in regulation 2(1) the keel of which was laid before 26 May 1965 shall be exempt from the provisions of these regulations to the extent and subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (1) of Schedule 7.

75. Offences
If regulation 3(5) or (6)(a), (b), (d) or (f), 10, 12(3), 35, 38(7), 41(9), 44(2) (in so far as it relates to the provision of fireman’s outfit), 52 or 69 is contravened, the owner and the master of the ship concerned each commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(L.N. 252 of 2018)

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built Before 25 May 1980) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1980年5月25日之前建造的船舶)規例》

76. Several regulations are fire-fighting appliances regulations
Regulations 3 (except subregulations (5) and (6)(a), (b), (d) and (f)), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9A, 11, 12 (except subregulation (3)), 13, 14, 15, 16, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34A, 36, 37, 38 (except subregulation (7)), 39, 40, 41 (except subregulation (9)), 42, 43, 44 (except subregulation (2) in so far as it relates to the provision of fireman’s outfit), 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72 and 73 are fire-fighting appliances regulations for the purposes of section 44 of the Ordinance.
(L.N. 252 of 2018) 

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Grain) Regulations 《商船(安全)(穀物)規例》

1. Citation
(1) These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Grain) Regulations.
(2) (Omitted as spent)

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Grain) Regulations 《商船(安全)(穀物)規例》

3. Application
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), these regulations apply in relation to—
(a) sea-going Hong Kong ships; and
(b) other sea-going ships while they are within the waters of Hong Kong,
when loaded with grain in bulk.
(2) These regulations shall not apply to any ship which is not a Hong Kong ship if it would not have been within the waters of Hong Kong but for stress of weather or any other circumstance which neither the owner nor the master of the ship could have prevented or forestalled:
Provided that if any such ship then loads grain in bulk in the waters of Hong Kong these regulations shall apply to it.