The Merchant Shipping (Closing of Openings in Hulls and in Watertight Bulkheads) Regulations 1987
These Regulations supersede the Merchant Shipping (Closing of Openings in Hulls and in Watertight Bulkheads) Regulations 1980. They apply to United Kingdom passenger ships and include such requirements as appear necessary to the Secretary of State to implement the provisions contained in regulation 15 (which relates to openings in watertight bulkheads) of Chapter II-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (Cmnd 7874) as amended, and impose additional, more precise requirements for the control of watertight doors and other closing appliances and devices, for their inspection, for practice drills and for relevant entries in the official log book.