Subsidiary Legislation · As enacted · 2 parts
Merchant Shipping (Crew Accomodation) Regulations, 2007
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
s 1These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Crew
Accommodation) Regulations, 2007.
Interpretation.
s 2In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -
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"approved" means approved by the Director or by an authorised organisation;
"authorised organisation" means an organisation authorised by the Minister under section 125 for the survey or inspection of Brunei Darussalam ships and the issue of any certificate under Part VII of the Order;
"crew accommodation" includes such sleeping rooms, mess rooms, sanitary accommodation, hospital accommodation and recreation accommodation as are provided for the use of the crew;
"existing ship" means a ship which is not a new ship;
"new ship" means a ship of which the keel is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after the date of commencement of these
Regulations;
"officer" means a person other than a master designated as such by the crew agreement made under section 57;
"petty officer" means a rating serving in a supervisory position or a position of special responsibility who is designated as such by the crew agreement made under section 57;
"rating" means a member of the crew other than the master or an officer;
"ship" means a ship to which these Regulations apply;
"special limit voyage" means a voyage within the following limits -
from a point 04°35' North, 114°05' East, thence to the point 04°45'
North, 114°04' East, thence to the point 04°48' North, 113°55' East, thence due North to latitude 05°02' North, thence due East to longitude 114° 13' East, thence to the point 05°22' North, 114°44' East, thence to .
the point 05°07' North, 115°06' East, thence to the point 05°06' North,
115°15' East, thence to the point 04°54' North, 115°06' East and thence following the coast westwards to the starting point;
"surveyor of ships" means a person appointed as a surveyor of ships under section 5;
"tons" means gross tonnage measured in accordance with the Merchant
Shipping [Tonnage) Regulations, 2006 (S 61/06);
"tug" means a ship constructed or adapted primarily to engage in towing or similar pursuits.
Application and exemption.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, these Regulations-
shall apply to all new ships, subject to paragraph (c);
shall not apply to any existing ship, subject to paragraph (c), unless-
the owner of the ship so requests; or liil the crew accommodation in such ship is substantially altered or reconstructed and such alteration or reconstruction takes place on or after the date of commencement of these
Regulations;
shall not apply to -
(iJ ships of less than 500 tons;
ships primarily propelled by sail but having auxiliary engines;
ships engaged in fishing or in similar pursuits;
tugs; or
ships exclusively engaged on special limit voyages.
These Regulations shall be applied where reasonable and practicable to
{a}
ships between 200 and 500 tons; and
ships engaged in whaling or in similar pursuits.
The Director may exempt any ship from any of these Regulations either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit if he is satisfied that compliance with that regulation is either impracticable or unreasonable in respect of that ship.