Vessel Fire Safety Regulations (SOR/2017-14)

2 (1) For the purposes of these Regulations, if a material must meet requirements set out in Annex 1 to the FTP Code,

• (a) it must be approved by the Minister as meeting those requirements and in accordance with that Code;

• (b) the Minister’s approval is not required when section 6 of the Code applies; and

• (c) the Code is to be read without reference to the words “In general”.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations,

• (a) “may” is to be read as “must” in section 3.4 of Part 3 of Annex 1 to the FTP Code;

• (b) section 3.5.2.1 of Part 3 of Annex 1 to the FTP Code is to be read as “Thermal radiation through windows must be tested and evaluated in accordance with appendix 3 to this part if escape routes pass near the windows”; and

• (c) the hose-stream test procedure set out in section 5 of appendix 2 to Part 3 of Annex 1 to the FTP Code is mandatory if escape routes pass near the windows.