Life Saving Equipment Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1436)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-20 and last amended on 2007-07-01. Previous Versions

64. A Class IV ship shall carry

  • (a) for each life raft, the Class B (Canadian) emergency pack set out in section 2.1 of Schedule I;

  • (b) for each lifeboat, the equipment set out in section 1 of Schedule II;

  • (c) for each emergency boat, the equipment set out in section 5 of Schedule II;

  • (d) 12 pyrotechnic distress signals, of which six are rocket parachute flares;

  • (e) one portable battery-powered loud hailer located at each muster station where

    • (i) more than 100 persons are to be mustered, or

    • (ii) a marine evacuation system is used; and

  • (f) means of embarkation into survival craft.

  • SOR/96-218, s. 34;
  • SOR/2001-179, ss. 29, 76(F).

65. A Class IV ship shall be provided with signs that indicate

  • (a) the location of

    • (i) survival craft and their launching devices,

    • (i.1) lifejackets and lifejackets suitable for children,

    • (ii) muster stations, and

    • (iii) embarkation stations; and

  • (b) directions to the muster and embarkation stations.

  • SOR/96-218, s. 34;
  • SOR/2004-26, s. 20.

Class V 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 IV, or minor waters voyages, Class II)

  • 66. (1) A Class V ship shall carry

    • (a) enough life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms to accommodate the complement; and

    • (b) unless the ship has a freeboard of less than 1.5 m or is fitted with a boarding platform, one emergency boat.

  • (2) If a ship navigates in waters the temperature of which is 15°C or more, the requirement in respect of the accommodation capacity of the life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms may be met by counting not more than 33.33 per cent of the complement of the life raft or inflatable rescue platform as being in the water, holding on to the life raft or inflatable rescue platform.

  • SOR/96-218, s. 34;
  • SOR/2006-256, s. 4.
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67. A Class V ship that navigates in waters the temperature of which is 15°C or more may carry, instead of the survival craft referred to in subsection 66(1),

  • (a) one lifebuoy for every four members of the complement if the ship navigates

    • (i) within 150 m of shore, or

    • (ii) in a depth of water not exceeding 1.5 m; or

  • (b) enough buoyant apparatus to accommodate not more than 40 per cent of the complement of the ship and enough life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms to accommodate that portion of the complement not accommodated by the buoyant apparatus.

  • SOR/96-218, s. 34;
  • SOR/2001-179, s. 30;
  • SOR/2006-256, s. 5.
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