Section 9 in Merchant Shipping (Seafarer Accommodation) Rules, 2016
(9)Protection from weather, etc. - (a) The seafarer accommodation shall be accessible at all times from the open deck.(b)Chain pipes, and ventilator trunks to cargo spaces or tanks, where they pass through any part of the seafarer accommodation, shall be made of steel or other suitable material and shall be gastight.(c)Batteries for the operation of the ship's radio installation or other purposes, shall not be placed in any sleeping room provided for the seafarer, and precautions shall be taken which will ensure that fumes from such batteries do not discharge into any part of the seafarer accommodation.(d)Any part of the seafarer accommodation which is adjacent to any part (other than the crown) of a tank in which oil may be carried in bulk, shall be separated there from by a gastight steel division, in addition to the division which retains the oil.(e)If any part of the seafarer accommodation is situated on a deck which forms the crown of a space in which oil may be carried in bulk, such deck shall be oil tight. No manholes or other openings to the oil tanks shall be situated in the seafarer accommodation.(f)The means of access to and egress from every part of the seafarer accommodation shall be so situated that in the event of fire in any lamp room or paint room in the ship, access to and egress from the seafarer accommodation shall not be impeded.
