Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS 1968 - REG 10

(1)

A ship shall be provided with a watertight afterpeak bulkhead and with watertight bulkheads dividing the space appropriated to the main and auxiliary propelling machinery, the boilers, if any, and the permanent coal bunkers, if any, from other spaces.

(2)

Subject to the next succeeding subregulation, the bulkheads referred to in the last preceding subregulation shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck.

(3)

The afterpeak bulkhead may be stopped below the bulkhead deck if the safety of the ship is not thereby impaired.