Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Schedules

Second Schedule

Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974

Annex

Chapter II–1 : Construction — Subdivision and Stability, Machinery and Electrical Installations

Part B — Subdivision and Stability

Regulation 21 : Marking, periodical operation and inspection of watertight doors, etc.

Purchase

(a)	This Regulation applies to new and existing ships.

(b)

Drills for the operating of watertight doors, sidescuttles, valves and closing mechanisms of scuppers, ash-shoots and rubbish-shoots shall take place weekly. In ships in which the voyage exceeds one week in duration a complete drill shall be held before leaving port, and others thereafter at least once a week during the voyage. In all ships all watertight power doors and hinged doors, in main transverse bulkheads, in use at sea, shall be operated daily.

(c)

(i)

The watertight doors and all mechanisms and indicators connected therewith, all valves the closing of which is necessary to make a compartment watertight, and all valves the operation of which is necessary for damage control cross connections shall be periodically inspected at sea at least once a week.

(ii)	Such valves, doors and mechanisms shall be suitably marked to ensure that they may be properly used to provide maximum safety.