This Notice, which is the second amendment to Merchant Shipping Notice 1670 (M), advises all Shipowners, Shipbuilders, Masters, Certifying Authorities and Surveyors of the fire protection requirements for certain ships constructed before 1st September 1984, including for classes of ship constructed before 26th May 1965. This Notice also contains the conditions for the exemption for ships constructed before 26th May 1965 and granted under the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1011).
This Notice forms an integral part of the new Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/568) (“the 2023 Regulations”) and of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1011) (“the Small Ships Regulations”).
Schedules contained in this Notice are invoked by both sets of Regulations and are therefore a statutory obligation. This amendment updates the text to reflect changes made by the 2023 Regulations and to provide references to those Regulations and to Merchant Shipping Notice 1900 (M) (“MSN 1900”). The conditions for the exemption given under the Small Ships Regulations are unchanged since Amendment 1.
Source: MCA.