420. The owner and the operator of a passenger-carrying vessel shall ensure that

• (a) procedures are established for the use of the vessel’s life-saving appliances and fire extinguishing equipment in case of an emergency; and

• (b) the crew practises the procedures so as to be at all times proficient in carrying them out.

• 500. (1) This Part applies in respect of a workboat of not more than 15 gross tonnage.

• (2) Sections 502 to 521 do not apply in respect of a workboat that meets the safety equipment requirements of another country and that is

  • (a) registered in that country as having the right to fly the flag of that country; or

  • (b) licensed in that country and not principally maintained and operated in Canada.

• 501. (1) A workboat shall be designed and equipped to operate safely in its area of operation.

• (2) No person shall operate a workboat under circumstances that exceed its design limitations, if any.

502. The owner of a workboat shall not operate or permit another person to operate the workboat unless, before it is first put into service, the owner has informed the Minister, in a form determined by the Minister, of

• (a) the intention to operate the workboat or permit its operation;

• (b) the physical characteristics of the workboat; and

• (c) the nature of its operation.

503. The owner of a workboat shall submit to the Minister, on request, information respecting the physical characteristics of the workboat and the nature of its operation.

504. A workboat shall carry on board a first aid kit.

505. If a lifejacket that must be carried on board a workboat is to be worn by a person less than 16 years of age, it shall be inherently buoyant.

• 506. (1) A workboat shall carry on board

  • (a) a lifejacket of an appropriate size for each person on board;

  • (b) a reboarding device, unless the vertical height that must be climbed in order to reboard the workboat is not more than 0.5 m; and

  • (c) for the length of workboat set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection, the additional personal life-saving appliances set out in column 2.

    	Column 1	Column 2
    Item	Length	Additional Personal Life-Saving Appliances
    1.	not more than 6 m	a buoyant heaving line of not less than 15 m in length
    2.	more than 6 m but not more than 9 m	(a) a buoyant heaving line of not less than 15 m in length; or (b) a lifebuoy attached to a buoyant line of not less than 15 m in length
    3.	more than 9 m but not more than 12 m	(a) a buoyant heaving line of not less than 15 m in length; and (b) a lifebuoy attached to a buoyant line of not less than 15 m in length
    4.	more than 12 m	(a) a buoyant heaving line of not less than 15 m in length; and (b) a lifebuoy that is equipped with a self-igniting light or attached to a buoyant line of not less than 15 m in length

• (2) The buoyant heaving line set out in the table to subsection (1) shall be fitted at one end with a buoyant mass that will assist in carrying out the end of the line when the line is thrown.