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

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2007-07-01. Previous Versions

71. A Class V 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. 22.

Class VI Ships

(Ships that are not over five tons gross tonnage and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers)

  • 72. (1) A Class VI ship shall carry

    • (a) where the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, enough life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms to accommodate the complement; and

    • (b) where the ship is engaged on any other voyage, enough life rafts to accommodate the complement.

  • (2) If a ship navigates in waters the temperature of which is 15°C or more, the requirement in respect of the accommodation capacity referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (3)(b) 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.

  • (3) A Class VI ship that navigates in waters the temperature of which is 15°C or more may carry, instead of the survival craft referred to in paragraph (1)(a),

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

      • (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/2006-256, s. 6.
Previous Version

73. A Class VI ship shall carry

  • (a) one lifejacket for each member of the complement; and

  • (b) enough lifejackets that are suitable for children for at least 10 per cent of the complement or one for each child on board, whichever is greater.

  • SOR/96-218, s. 34;
  • SOR/2004-26, s. 23.

74. A Class VI ship that carries survival craft shall carry

  • (a) for each life raft and each inflatable rescue platform,

    • (i) where the ship is engaged on a voyage beyond the limits of a home-trade voyage, Class III, the Class A emergency pack set out in section 1 of Schedule I,

    • (ii) if the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, the Class C emergency pack set out in section 3 of Schedule I, or

    • (iii) in any other case, the Class B (Canadian) emergency pack set out in section 2.1 of Schedule I;

  • (b) six pyrotechnic distress signals, of which three are rocket parachute flares; and

  • (c) at least one lifebuoy on each side of each passenger deck, of which one on each deck is fitted with a buoyant lifeline.

  • (d) and (e) [Repealed, SOR/2001-179, s. 32]

  • SOR/96-218, s. 34;
  • SOR/2001-179, s. 32.