Anchors and Chain Cables Rules 1970
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1970/1453 |
| Year | 1970 |
1970 No. 1453
ANCHOR AND CHAIN CABLE
The Anchors and Chain Cables Rules 19701stOctober 1970
9thOctober 1970
19thOctober 1970
The Board of Trade in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Anchors and Chain Cables Act 1967(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following Rules:—
Citation, Commencement and Interpretation
1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Anchors and Chain Cables Rules 1970, and shall come into operation on 19th October 1970.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply to the interpretation of these Rules as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Definitions and Application
2.—(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following meanings respectively:—
"the Board" means the Board of Trade;
"Certifying Authority" means the Board and any person authorised by the Board and includes the Secretary of State for Defence, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, the British Committee of the Bureau Veritas, the British Committee of Det Norske Veritas, the British Technical Committee of the American Bureau of Shipping and the British Committee of Germanischer Lloyd being persons so authorised;
"lugless shackle" means a device used for joining cables which in use has an outline in shape and dimensions similar to the links of the cables which it joins;
"open link or short link cable" means cable constructed of links not having studs;
"stud link cable" means cable in which the links are fitted with studs or a similar component for minimising deformation of the links when the cable is under load;
"Supervisor of Tests" means an officer of a Certifying Authority who is competent to supervise tests of anchors and chain cables in accordance with these Rules;
"testing establishment" means any premises complying with the requirements of Rule 3(1);
"verified testing machine" means a testing machine complying with and verified in accordance with the requirements of Rule 4;
(a) 1967 c. 64.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
"the 1899 Act" means the Anchors and Chain Cables Act 1899(a);
"tonne" means a metric ton of 1,000 kilogrammes.
(2) These Rules apply to all anchors and chain cables for use in ships registered in the United Kingdom except:—
(a) anchors of 76 kilogrammes or less in weight;
(b) chain cables of less than 12·5 millimetres in diameter;
(c) anchors or chain cables manufactured outside the United Kingdom before the coming into force of these Rules and first taken on board a ship registered in the United Kingdom as part of its equipment not more than six months after that date;
(d) anchors or chain cables exempted from these Rules by the Board.
(3) The weight of any anchor shall for the purposes of these Rules be taken to be:—
(a) for stockless anchors: the weight of the anchor including its shackle if any; and
(b) for stocked anchors: the weight of the anchor including its shackle, if any, but excluding the stock.
Testing Establishments
3.—(1) Testing machines used for testing anchors and chain cables in accordance with these Rules shall be installed in premises having proper protection from weather, handling facilities for the articles to be tested, adequate lighting and facilities for proper inspection of the anchors and chain cables after testing.
(2) A testing establishment shall not be used for testing anchors and chain cables unless there is in force a certificate, issued by a surveyor of ships appointed under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894(b), or by such other person as the Board may appoint, to the effect that he has inspected and approved the establishment for such use. The person making the inspection shall send a copy of the certificate to the Board, and may revoke the certificate if he ceases to approve the establishment on further inspection. A certificate shall not remain in force for more than two years.
Requirements for testing machines
4.—(1) Testing machines used for proof load test of anchors and for tensile breaking load test and tensile proof load test of chain cables and their accessories shall comply with the following:—
(a) Every tensile testing machine used in a testing establishment shall be of suitable design and construction for its intended duty and shall be subjected to a load verification:
(i) in the case of machines not verified under the 1899 Act, before being brought into use, and
(ii) in the case of machines verified under the 1899 Act, within 12 months of the last verification;
and thereafter in both cases at intervals not exceeding 12 months. Verification shall also be made after any major overhaul or when any part affecting the accuracy of the machine is repaired or replaced or when the machine is moved to another site. Every verification required by this paragraph shall be witnessed by a surveyor of ships appointed under
(a) 1899 c. 23.
(b) 1894 c. 60.
the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 or by such other person as the Board may appoint. Any person undertaking such verification shall report the result to the Board.
(b) The straining arrangement of every tensile testing machine used for tensile proof load tests of chain cable shall be such as to allow such a length of cable as defined in Rule 7(4) to be tested without the need to take a fresh hold to complete the test.
(2) Testing machines used for impact testing of Grade 3 cables shall be suitable for Charpy tests and shall comply with the requirements for such machines specified in British Standards Specification No. 131 : 1959, Part 2, issued by the British Standards Institution.
Applications for Tests
5.—(1) Application for the testing of an anchor or chain cable shall be made to a Certifying Authority who if they agree to be responsible for the testing shall designate one or more Supervisor of Tests to supervise the testing.
(2) The person applying for the testing shall make available to the Certifying Authority such information about the material from which the anchor or chain cable is manufactured and its method of manufacture as that Authority may require.
Tests for Anchors
6.—(1) The anchor, including its shackle if any, shall be tested by subjecting it on a verified testing machine to the proof load specified as being appropriate to its weight in Schedule 1 to these Rules.
(2) If for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction and Survey) Rules 1965(a) or the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Rules 1965(b) an anchor of special type has been accepted by the Certifying Authority as being as effective as an anchor of conventional design but of greater weight, an anchor of that special...
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