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369AL PDFTitle:MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (PASSENGER SHIP CONSTRUCTION) (SHIPS BUILT BEFORE 1 SEPTEMBER 1984) REGULATIONSGazette Number:
Regulation:31Heading:Number and type of bilge pumps: ships of Class II(A)Version Date:30/06/1997

(1) Every ship of Class II(A) shall be provided with bilge pumps in accordance with the following table

                      TABLE
                      Number of Pumps
                      Length of Ship in metres
                      Main
                      Engine
                      Pumps*
                      Independent
                      Power
                      Pumps
                      Hand Pumps+
                      Under 15
                      1
                      -
                      		One of the lever type for each watertight compartment or one of the crank type.
                      15 and under 30.5
                      1
                      1
                      		One of the lever type for each watertight compartment or one of the crank type.
                      30.5 and under 76
                      1
                      1
                      		One of the crank type.
                      76 and over
                      1
                      2
                      		-
* The main engine pump may be replaced by one independent power pump.
+ The hand pumps specified in this column may be replaced by one independent power pump.

(2) In every such ship of 76 metres in length or over and in every such ship of under 76 metres in length in which a hand pump is replaced by an independent power pump, regulation 30(2) shall apply to such a ship as it applies to ships of Class I or Class II.
(Enacted 1991)