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Article 5 On every occasion when—(a) A ship is registered or reregistered, (b) The crew accommodation of a ship has been substantially altered or reconstructed, or (c) Complaint has been made to the competent authority in the prescribed manner and in time to prevent any delay to the vessel by a recognized bona fide trade union of seafarers representing all or part of the crew or by a prescribed number or proportion of the members of the crew of the ship that the crew accommodation is not in compliance with the terms of this Convention, the competent authority shall inspect the ship and satisfy itself that the crew accommodation complies with the requirements of the laws and regulations. Part lll.—Crew Accommodation Requirements Article 6 1. The location, means of access, structure and arrangement in relation to other spaces of crew accommodation shall be such as to ensure adequate security, protection against weather and sea, and insulation from heat or cold, undue noise or effluvia from other spaces. 2. There shall be no direct openings into sleeping rooms from spaces for cargo and machinery or from galleys, lamp and paint rooms or from engine, deck and other bulk storerooms, drying rooms, communal wash places or water closets. That part of the bulkhead separating such places from sleeping rooms and external bulkheads shall be efficiently constructed of steel or other approved substance and shall be watertight and gastight. 3. External bulkheads of sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately insulated. All machinery casings and all boundary bulkheads of galleys and other spaces in which heat is produced shall be adequately insulated where there is a possibility of resulting heat effects in adjoining accommodation or passageways. Care shall also be taken to provide protection from heat effects of steam and/or hot-water service pipes. 4. Internal bulkheads shall be of approved material which is not likely to harbour vermin. 5. Sleeping rooms, mess rooms, recreation rooms and alley ways in the crew accommodation space shall be adequately insulated to prevent condensation or overheating. 6. Main steam and exhaust pipes for winches and similar gear shall not pass through crew accommodation nor, whenever technically possible, through alley ways leading to crew accommodation ; where they do pass through such alley ways they shall be adequately insulated and encased. 7. Inside panelling or sheeting shall be of material with a surface easily kept clean. Tongued and grooved boarding or any other form of construction likely to harbour vermin -3' hall not be used. 8. The competent authority shall decide to what extent fire-prevention or fireretarding measures shall be required to be taken in the construction of the accommodation. 9. The wall surface and deckheads in sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be capable of being easily kept clean, and, if painted, shall be light in colour ; lime wash must not be used. 10. The wall surfaces shall be renewed or restored as necessary. 11. The decks in all crew accommodation shall be of approved material and construction and shall provide a surface impervious to damp and easily kept clean. 12. Where the floorings are of composition, the joining with sides shall be rounded to avoid crevices. 13. Sufficient drainage shall be provided.

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