Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999
R 385
Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations, 2026Part 1Chapter I : General10. Heating and ventilation |
| (1) | In every vessel other than a vessel employed solely within the Tropics or the Persian Gulf, all sleeping rooms, mess rooms, recreation rooms, sanitary accommodation offices, studies and hospitals forming part of the crew accommodation must be provided with a heating system which must be permanently installed and capable of ensuring that the ventilation system provided for such rooms or accommodation in compliance with these Regulations is working in accordance with the requirements of standard A3.1 paragraph 7, guideline B3.1 .1 paragraph 2 and B3.1.3 paragraph 1, 2 and 3 of the Maritime Labour Convention. |
| (2) | In every vessel the crew accommodation and the means of access thereto and exit therefrom must be so arranged, constructed and situated in such a position as to ensure protection from weather in accordance with the requirements of subregulation (1). |
(3)
| (a) | Every enclosed space, other than a cold storeroom, forming part of the crew accommodation of any vessel must be provided with a trunked mechanical ventilation system complying with the requirements specified in Annex 1. |
| (b) | The Authority may exempt any vessel from the requirements of this subregulation, in so far as it relates to the ventilation of a storeroom for the storage of dry provisions, if the Authority is satisfied that compliance with that requirement is unnecessary by reason of the position of the storeroom. - |
