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 : General11. Lighting |
| (1) | In every vessel, every part of the crew accommodation other than pantries, laundries, drying rooms, lockers and storerooms, must be properly lighted by natural and electrical light and in accordance with standard A3.1 .8 and guideline 83.1.4 of the Maritime Labour Convention. |
| (2) | Natural lighting of a sleeping room, mess room, recreation room or hospital accommodation, must be regarded to be proper for the purposes of this Regulations, if it is sufficient to enable a person of normal vision to read at any point in the room, being a point available for free movement, during daytime and in clear weather. |
(3)
| (a) | In every vessel an electrical system must be installed which is capable of providing adequate lighting in every part of the crew accommodation. |
| (b) | The electric lights must be arranged so as to give the maximum benefit to the crew, and in particular an electric reading light must be fitted at the head of each bed and must be capable of being switched on and off from the bed. |
| (c) | A lamp emitting at least 200 lumens must be fitted in every reading light in a sleeping room, and a lamp emitting at least 400 lumens must be fitted in every reading light in a hospital. |
| (d) | An efficient alternative system of lighting or source of electric power must always be available for lighting the crew accommodation. |
| (e) | The electric lighting of the spaces referred to in paragraph (h) must be regarded to be adequate if, when the lamps and paintwork are new, the illumination in the horizontal plane when measured at the points and in the manner prescribed in paragraph (f) is steady and, subject to a tolerance of 10 per cent, is maintained at a value not less than that prescribed for every such space. |
| (f) | The points at which illumination must be measured must be as follows: |
| (i) | Where general measurement points are prescribed for the illumination of a space, measurements must be taken at every point midway between every 2 adjacent lamps and at every point midway between every lamp and any position on any boundary of the space: Provided always that where within any space a part of that space, being a part of that space available for free movement, is shaded from the direct rays of a lamp by a re-entrant angle formed in the boundary of the space, the central point of the part of the space so shaded must also be a general measurement point; and |
| (ii) | where particular measurement points are also prescribed for a space, measurements must in addition be taken at every such point. |
| (g) | In all cases referred to in this regulation, measurements must be taken at a height of 838 mm above the floor, except that in the case of passageways, companionways, and covered recreation deck spaces, measurements may be taken either at a height of 838mm above the floor or at floor level, provided that in the case of measurements taken at floor level the reflection factor of the floor surface must not be less than 40 percent illumination of provision storerooms measured when the rooms are empty. |
| (h) | Illumination must comply with Table 1. below: |
