Life Saving Equipment Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1436)
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Regulations are current to 2012-05-14 and last amended on 2007-07-01. Previous Versions
Class III Ships
(Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on home-trade voyages, Class III, or inland voyages, Class I)
52. Subject to section 53, a Class III ship shall carry on each side of the ship
(a) enough life rafts to accommodate at least 60 per cent of the complement; and
(b) one rescue boat under launching devices.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34.
53. A Class III ship that is under 85 m in length may carry, instead of the survival craft referred to in section 52,
(a) on each side of the ship, enough life rafts to accommodate at least 50 per cent of the complement; and
(b) at least one rescue boat under launching devices.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34.
54. A Class III ship shall carry enough rescue boats to ensure that, in providing for abandonment by the complement, each rescue boat need not marshal more than nine life rafts.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34.
55. The requirements of paragraphs 52(a) and 53(a) may be met by the carriage of lifeboats, or a combination of lifeboats and life rafts, if the required survival craft accommodation capacity is maintained.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34.
56. Every life raft on a Class III ship shall be stowed
(a) with its painter permanently attached to the ship;
(b) fitted with a float-free device;
(c) so that it can be launched by one or two persons; and
(d) if it is inflatable, so that it inflates automatically if the ship sinks.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34.
57. (1) A Class III ship within the length range set out in column I of an item of the table to this subsection shall carry the supply of equipment set out in columns II to IV of that item.
TABLE
Column I Column II Column III Column IV Item Length of Ship Lifebuoys Self-igniting Lights Buoyant Lifelines 1. Under 25 m 2 1 1 2. 25 m or over but under 50 m 4 2 2 3. 50 m or over but under 85 m 6 3 2 4. 85 m or over 8 4 2 (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1), a Class III ship shall carry at least one lifebuoy on each side of each passenger deck.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34.