(1)
| (a) |
Every mess room forming part of the crew accommodation must be provided with sufficient tables to allow a space of at least 508mm measured along the edge of a table, for each person likely to use the room at any one time in accordance with guideline B3.1.6 paragraph 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Maritime Labour Convention. |
| (b) |
Each table must be at least 600 mm wide if seats are provided on both sides of the table; and at least 380 mm wide if seats are provided only on one side of the table. |
| (c) |
The table must be of such a size and so situated as to be readily accessible. |
(2)
| (a) |
Single chairs must be provided in the mess room for each person using the room at any one time. |
| (b) |
The chairs in (paragraph (a) must be fitted with arm rests unless chairs with arm rests are available in a recreation room for the persons using the mess room: Provided that a couch may be substituted for chairs adjacent to a bulkhead of the vessel's side and— |
| (i) |
such couch must be at least 380 mm wide and must be fitted with upholstered or padded seats covered with material impervious to dirt and moisture and must be provided with comfortably shaped backs; and |
| (ii) |
the backs of the couch must also be padded or upholstered and must be covered with material impervious to dirt and moisture. |
(3)
| (a) |
Every mess room provided for persons who do not provide their own food must be fitted with a storage locker or rack in either case capable of holding sufficient mess utensils for those persons. |
(b)
| (i) |
Every mess room provided for persons who provide their own food must be fitted with a storage locker for each person which must be of sufficient size to be capable of containing each person's mess utensils together with a supply of food sufficient for the person for at least 16 hours. |
| (ii) |
All storage lockers provided in compliance with this paragraph must be— |
| (aa) |
adequately ventilated; |
| (bb) |
capable of being locked; and |
| (cc) |
so fixed as to clear the floor by at least 300 mm: |
Provided that the lockers or racks may be fitted in a pantry, storeroom or other suitable place outside a mess room and readily accessible therefrom; and
| (c) |
Lockers or racks intended to contain food must not be fitted in a sleeping room. |
(4)
| (a) |
A means from which boiling drinking water must always be available must be fitted in each mess room, unless such equipment is fitted in a pantry readily accessible from the mess, room or, in the case of a vessel of under 1,000 gross tons, in a galley. |
| (b) |
The equipment in paragraph (a) must be adequate in size for the number of persons likely to use at any one time, the mess room provided in accordance with subregulation (1). |
| (c) |
If in the case of a mess room provided for officers or petty officers the dresser is fitted in a pantry, a sideboard must be provided in the mess room. |
| (d) |
A supply of fresh water must be laid out to the sink and boiler. |
(5)
| (a) |
All tables, lockers, dressers and the unupholstered parts of chairs and couches in the mess room must be made of polished hardwood, rustproof metal or other smooth and impervious material not likely to crack, warp or become corroded. |
| (b) |
All furniture provided in the mess room must be so made as not to be likely to harbour vermin. |
(6)
| (a) |
any passenger vessel; or |
| (b) |
any special purpose vessel, |
from the requirements of this Regulations to the extent to which the Authority is satisfied that compliance therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances.
Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999
