Marginal note:Requirements
11 Any Canadian vessel referred to in paragraphs 6(1)(a) to (c) that was constructed on or after January 1, 2017, and is intended to operate in low air temperature must meet the following requirements if it navigates in polar waters:
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(a) be assigned, by a recognized organization, a cold temperature service or winterization notation that is compatible with its Polar Service Temperature;
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(b) have on board inflatable life rafts and marine evacuation systems that are designed to operate at the vessel Polar Service Temperature, or that are protected from cold weather or fitted with means to prevent the temperature from dropping below -30oC; and
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(c) have engines, cooling systems, fuel systems, and starting systems of lifeboats, rescue boats, fast rescue boats that are
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(i) tested as prescribed in paragraphs 6.10.2 to 6.10.4 of Part 1 of the Annex to IMO Resolution MSC.81(70), to start at the vessel Polar Service Temperature, or
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(ii) protected from the cold weather, or fitted with means to prevent their temperature from dropping below -15oC.