Maritime Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

30 (1) If it is not possible to provide individual sleeping quarters to employees,

• (a) separate sleeping quarters must be provided for men and women;

• (b) an officer must not share their sleeping quarters with more than one other person;

• (c) as far as practicable, watchkeepers who are on different watches must not share their sleeping quarters; and

• (d) as far as practicable, employees working during the day must not share their sleeping quarters with watchkeepers.

(2) As far as practicable, on passenger vessels and special purpose vessels, the floor area of sleeping quarters for employees not performing officer duties must not be less than

• (a) 7.5 m² in rooms accommodating two persons;

• (b) 11.5 m² in rooms accommodating three persons; and

• (c) 14.5 m² in rooms accommodating four persons.

(3) As far as practicable, in vessels of less than 3,000 gross tonnage, other than passenger vessels and special purpose vessels, no more than two persons are to share their sleeping quarters, and the floor area of that room must not be less than 7 m².

(4) On special purpose vessels, sleeping quarters may accommodate more than four persons in one room and the floor area of that room must not be less than 3.6 m² per person.