Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS 1968 - REG 139

(1)

Subject to the next succeeding subregulation, a lift trunk, or a trunk for the passage of light and air or other similar trunk in an accommodation space or a service space in a ship shall be constructed of A class divisions.

(2)

A lift trunk within a stairway enclosure in a ship carrying more than thirty-six passengers is not required to be insulated.

(3)

A door and a door frame in a trunk referred to in subregulation (1) of this regulation:

(a)

shall be constructed of steel or other equivalent material; and

(b)

shall be as effective as the trunk in resisting fire.