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12A.—(1) A water level detector shall be fitted in the aft end of each cargo hold of a bulk carrier.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (6), a water level detector referred to in paragraph (1) shall give both an audible and a visual alarm on each occasion the water level above the inner bottom of the cargo hold reaches—
(a)a height of 0.5 metres; and
(b)whichever is the lower of either—
(i)the height of a point which is not less than 15% of the depth of the cargo hold, or
(ii)a height of two metres.
(3) Paragraph (4) applies to a bulk carrier in respect of which there is in force an exemption from the provisions of regulation 6(2) which has been granted pursuant to regulation 14.
(4) A cargo hold in a bulk carrier referred to in paragraph (3) need not be fitted with a water level detector which gives both an audible and visual alarm in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (2).
(5) The visual alarm referred to in paragraph (2) shall clearly indicate which of the two water levels referred to in that paragraph has been detected.
(6) A device which overrides an alarm referred to in paragraph (2) may be installed in respect of a cargo hold which is used for water ballast.]
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