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

127.1 Every lifejacket carried on a ship shall be readily accessible for immediate use and stowed in a location that is conspicuously marked.

• 128. (1) Signs that indicate the location of survival craft, launching devices, emergency equipment, muster stations or embarkation stations and that provide directions to muster or embarkation stations shall

  • (a) be clearly visible under emergency lighting conditions; and

  • (b) use

    • (i) in the case of an existing ship, words in English and French or symbols; and

    • (ii) in the case of a new ship, symbols.

• (2) Symbols shall be those set out in International Maritime Organization Resolution A.760(18), adopted on November 4, 1993 and entitled Symbols Related to Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements, as amended from time to time.

• (3) Where symbols referred to in subsection (2) require the use of words, the words shall be in English and French.

129. Launching devices shall meet the requirements set out

• (a) in the case of an existing ship, in Part I or II of Schedule IX; and

• (b) in the case of a new ship, in Part II of Schedule IX.

• 130. (1) Subject to subsection (2), all equipment that is carried on a lifeboat, rescue boat or emergency boat shall be

  • (a) secured in the boat by lashings, stowed in lockers or compartments or secured to brackets or other similar mountings;

  • (b) secured so that it does not interfere with procedures for abandoning ship; and

  • (c) packed in as light and compact a form as is practicable.

• (2) So that they are readily available for immediate use in fending off, boat-hooks shall not be secured.

• 131. (1) Lifebuoys and lifebuoy equipment shall meet the requirements of Schedule XIV.

• (2) Every lifebuoy carried on a ship shall be marked, in letters that are in a colour that contrasts with that of the lifebuoy and are not less than 100 mm in height, with the ship’s name and port of registry.

132. Means of embarkation into survival craft shall meet the requirements set out in Schedule VI.

133. Every new ship that is a passenger ship shall have muster stations that

• (a) are in the vicinity of, and permit ready access by passengers to, the embarkation stations; and

• (b) subject to section 135, provide a clear area of at least 1 m² for every four passengers assigned to that station for marshalling and instruction.