Article 23 Passenger ships shall be inspected in accordance with the provisions prescribed herein, in addition to the regulations for inspection of ships, for ships load lines, for equipment of ships, and other relevant laws.
Passenger ships navigating in international waters shall also be inspected pursuant to the international provisions set forth in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea.
Passenger ships navigating on fixed routes, schedules, stations and rates shall set up accessible facilities and equipment according to Specifications for Accessible Facilities and Equipment of Passenger Ships as attached in Appendix 1.
Article 27 Principal drawings and calculations shall be approved by qualified naval architects or ship register institute and shall include:
1. General information:
(1) General arrangement,
(2) Longitudinal sections of interior and exterior of the hull,
(3) Lines,
(4) Hydrostatic curve,
(5) Floodable length curve,
(6) Stability curve,
(7) Intact and damaged stability calculations,
(8) Volumes and horizontal/vertical centers of gravity of cargo holds, oil tanks and ballast tanks,
(9) Detailed layouts of gangways, ventilation, lighting, medical and sanitary facilities of passenger and crew cabins, and
(10) Capacity and layout of lifeboats, life rafts and davits.
2. Hull:
(1) Midship section,
(2) Longitudinal section,
(3) Shell expansion and framing plan,
(4) Construction of bow, stern and rudder,
(5) Construction of all decks,
(6) Drawings of pillars and longitudinal girders,
(7) Drawings of watertight and oil-tight bulkheads,
(8) Drawings of main engine and boiler seats,
(9) Drawings of doors, windows and side scuttles,
(10) Drawings of hatch covers and cover plates of watertight decks,
(11) Drawings of watertight doors and control gears, and
(12) Drawing of drain holes on shell plates.
3. Engines and machines:
(1) General arrangement of engine room,
(2) Layouts of main and auxiliary boilers and pressure vessels,
(3) Layout and capacity of bilge pumps,
(4) Layout of water feed piping,
(5) Layout of bilge piping,
(6) Layout of ballast water piping,
(7) Layout of drainage fittings below bulkhead decks,
(8) Layout of ventilation,
(9) Layout and capacity of main generators and emergency generators,
(10) Electric power switch circuits, and
(11) Drawings of lighting fixtures and other electrical systems of all decks.
4. Fire control:
(1) Fire zones and the construction thereof,
(2) List of fire control systems,
(3) List of fire alarm systems,
(4) List of fire detection systems, and
(5) List of fire extinguishing systems.
Article 56 There shall be entrances provided for passenger cabins in compliance with the requirements shown below. More than two
entrances shall be established if the certified number of passengers exceeds 50. Except as otherwise approved by the shipping administration authority or ship register institute, there shall keep as much as possible a suitable space between the entrances.
1. Total width of each entrance shall be computed based on the certified number of passengers, 1cm for one person.
However, every entrance shall be at least 80cm wide; and
2. Every entrance shall not be directly intruded on by rain or waves.
Article 57 If there are emergency exits in passenger cabins that are in compliance with the following requirements, they may be deemed and counted as specified in the preceding article:
1. The net width is at least 60cm;
2. It is easily opened or closed from both sides by one person; and
3. Signs indicating the location are easily identifiable by cabin passengers.
If the passenger cabins mentioned in Item 1 of the preceding paragraph are designed for passengers with disabilities, the net width of the emergency exit shall be at least 80cm.
Article 59 The locations of the passages in steerage cabins accessible to entrances shall be subject to approval of the shipping administration authority or classification societies, and the net width thereof shall comply with the following requirements:
1. For a passenger ship with the gross tonnage above 100 tons or carrying more than 100 passengers:
(1) The net width of an accessible passage shall be at least 80cm.
(2) A passage 4.5 m and over in length shall have a net width of at least 80 cm; and
(3) A passage less than 4.5 m in length shall have a net width of at least 75 cm.
2. For a passenger ship with the gross tonnage less than 100 tons or carrying less than 100 passengers:
(1) The net width of an accessible passage shall be at least 80cm.
(2) A passage 4.5 m and over in length shall have a net width of at least 70 cm; and
(3) A passage less than 4.5 m in length shall have a net width of at least 60 cm.
Steerage cabins less than 15 m2, subject to approval of shipping administration authority or classification societies, may be exempted from establishing the passages in accordance with the requirements set out in the previous paragraph.
Article 101 An international passenger ship whose voyage spans midnight shall provide at least one public bath room, for men and women separately. Partition boards shall be set up for bathing facilities of the public bath room. The number of bathing facilities shall be calculated based on the passenger quota, and at least one for every 100 passengers. When the number of passengers is less than 100, it shall be deemed as 100. If there are bathing facilities in passenger cabins, the passenger quota could be excluded from the calculation of the number of bathing facilities.
Article 103 A domestic passenger ship whose voyage spans midnight shall provide at least one public bath room, for men and women separately. Partition boards shall be set up for bathing facilities of the public bath room. The number of bathing facilities shall be calculated based on the certified number of passengers as follows:
1.For a domestic passenger ship whose voyage takes less than 12 hours, at least one bathing facility for every 200 passengers shall be set up. When the number of passengers is less than 200, it shall be deemed as 200.
2.For a domestic passenger ship whose voyage takes more than 12 hours, at least one bathing facility for every 100 passengers shall be set up. When the number of passengers is less than 100, it shall be deemed as 100.
If there are bathing facilities in passenger cabins, the certified number of cabin passengers may be excluded from the calculation of the number of bathing facilities.
A domestic passenger ship of under 1,000 gross tonnage or special navigating route and conditions, subject to approval of the shipping administration authority or classification societies, may be exempted from setting up the public bath rooms in accordance with the requirements set out in the previous paragraphs.
Article 104 An international passenger ship shall provide public rest rooms, for men and women separately, with flush toilets and partition boards. The number of flush toilets shall be calculated based on the passenger quota as follows; there shall also be some urinals provided for male passengers:
1.For an international passenger ship whose voyage takes less than 12 hours, at least one flush toilet for every 75 passengers shall be set up. When the number of passengers is less than 75, it shall be deemed as 75.
2.For an international passenger ship whose voyage takes more than 12 hours but less than 24 hours, at least one flush toilet for every 50 passengers shall be set up. When the number of passengers is less than 50, it shall be deemed as 50.
3.For an international passenger ship whose voyage takes more than 24 hours, at least one flush toilet for every 25 passengers shall be set up. When the number of passengers is less than 25, it shall be deemed as 25.
If there are flush toilets in passenger cabins, the certified number of cabin passengers may be excluded from the calculation of the number of flush toilets.
Article 105 Except for a domestic passenger ship whose voyage takes less than 30 minutes and is exempted from setting up flush toilets upon approval of the shipping administration authority, a domestic passenger ship shall provide public rest rooms, for men and women separately, with flush toilets and partition boards. The number of flush toilets shall be calculated based on the certified number of passengers as follows; there shall also be some urinals provided for male passengers:
1.For a domestic passenger ship whose voyage takes more than 30 minutes but less than 2 hours, at least one flush toilet for every 100 passengers shall be set up. When the number of passengers is less than 100, it shall be deemed as 100.
2.For a domestic passenger ship whose voyage takes more than 2 hours but less than 12 hours, at least one flush toilet for every 75 passengers shall be set up. When the number of passengers is less than 75, it shall be deemed as 75.
3.For a domestic passenger ship whose voyage takes more than 12 hours but less than 24 hours, at least one flush toilet for every 50 passengers shall be set up. When the number of passengers is less than 50, it shall be deemed as 50.
4.For a domestic passenger ship whose voyage takes more than 24 hours, at least one flush toilet for every 50 passengers shall be set up. When the number of passengers is less than 50, it shall be deemed as 50.
If there are flush toilets, including accessible flush toilets, in passenger cabins, the certified number of cabin passengers may be excluded from the calculation of the number of flush toilets. If only one flush toilet is set up in a restroom with a latch, the rest room is available for both male and female passengers.
Article 126-1 For newly purchased or built passenger ships, the operators shall complete the following training before operation and submit the list of trainees, the training result, and the report on muster drill to the shipping administration authority:
1.Training related to equipment, operating procedures, and responsibilities.
2.Muster drill.
Article 148 In a passenger ship there shall be the descriptions of various signals to gather passengers and the responsive actions for passengers to take against emergent cases, which shall be elaborated in proper words, figures, tables and lists and posted up in eye-catching places in every passenger cabin and explained via TV, a broadcasting system, or the crew before sailing.