Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS 1968 - REG 17

A ship shall be so constructed as to provide sufficient intact stability in all service conditions:

(a)

to enable the ship to withstand the final flooding of any one of the main compartments into which the ship is subdivided in accordance with regulation 8 of these Regulations;

(b)

if two adjacent main compartments of the ship are separated by a bulkhead which is stepped — to enable the ship to withstand the final flooding of those compartments;

(c)

if the ship's factor of subdivision is .5 or less but more than .33 — to enable the ship to withstand the final flooding of any two of the main compartments which are adjacent to each other; and

(d)

if the ship's factor of subdivision is .33 or less — the intact stability shall be adequate to withstand the flooding of any three adjacent main compartments.