| Guard rails, stanchions and bulwarks |
| 48. A ship shall be provided with bulwarks or guard rails on every exposed deck to which a person or vehicle may have access. Such bulwarks or guard rails, together with stanchions supporting the guard rails, shall be so placed, designed and constructed and shall be of a height of at least 1.0 metre above the deck. Rails shall consist of evenly spaced courses and the spacing of the rails shall not be greater than 380 millimetres. The opening below the lowest rail shall not be more than 230 millimetres from the deck. The lower rail courses may not be required where all or part of the space below the upper most rail course is fitted with a bulwark, chain link fencing, wire mesh or their equivalent. |