Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS 1968 - REG 14

(1)

Subject to subregulation (3) of this regulation, a well shall not be constructed in a double bottom fitted to a ship in pursuance of this Division unless the Authority exempts the ship from the requirements of this subregulation.

(2)

The Authority shall not exempt a ship from the requirements of the last preceding subregulation unless it is satisfied that the protection given to the ship by the double bottom will not be diminished by reason of the exemption.

(3)

A well may be constructed in the double bottom of a ship for the purposes of drainage in the after end of the shaft tunnel, if the ship is a screw ship, and in any other position, if:

(a)

the well is not larger, and does not extend downwards further, than is necessary for that purpose;

(b)

the depth of the well is not, except in the case of a well at the after end of the shaft tunnel, more than the depth less eighteen inches of the double bottom at the centreline; and

(c)

the well does not, except in the case of a well at the after end of the shaft tunnel, extend below the horizontal plane referred to in subregulation (2) of the last preceding regulation.