Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS 1968 - REG 8

(1)

A ship shall be subdivided below the bulkhead deck into compartments by bulkheads.

(2)

The length of a compartment shall not exceed the permissible length ascertained for that compartment in accordance with the First Schedule.

(3)

Each bulkhead shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck.

(4)

Every other portion of the internal structure of the ship which affects the efficiency of the subdivision of the ship shall be watertight and of a design which will maintain the integrity of the subdivision.