Life Saving Equipment Regulations
121 (1) Life saving equipment that is carried on a ship and is set out in column I of an item of the table to this section shall
(a) meet the requirements set out in the Schedule to these Regulations or the Standard, as amended from time to time, set out in column II of that item; and
(b) be approved as having met the requirements referred to in paragraph (a).
Column I Column II Item Life Saving Equipment Schedule or Standard 0.1 Class 1 lifeboats Schedule V 0.2 Class 2 lifeboats Schedule V 0.3 Approved boats Schedule XV 0.4 Suitable boats Schedule XV 1 Lifeboats LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 2 Emergency boats TP 14475 3 Rescue boats LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 4 Life rafts LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 5 Inflatable rescue platforms TP 14475 6 Marine evacuation systems LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 7 Lifebuoys LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 8 Self-igniting lights LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 9 Self-activating smoke signals LSA Code and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 10 [Repealed, SOR/2023-257, s. 478] 11 Pyrotechnic distress signals LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 12 Lifejackets (Safety Convention ships) LSA Code and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 13 Lifejackets (ships that are not Safety Convention ships) (1) LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70); or
(2) Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-65.7, Life Jackets, in respect of Class 1 lifejackets
14 [Repealed, SOR/2006-256, s. 10] 15 Personal locator lights LSA Code and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 16 Line-throwing appliances LSA Code and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 17 Immersion suits (1) LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70), for immersion suits made of a material with inherent insulation and designed to be worn without a lifejacket;
(2) Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-65.16-2005, Immersion Suit Systems; or
(3) Underwriters Laboratories standards ANSI/CAN/UL 15027-2, Standard for Immersion Suits - Part 2: Abandonment Suits, Requirements Including Safety, and ANSI/CAN/UL 15027-3, Standard for Immersion Suits - Part 3: Test Methods
18 Thermal protective aids LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 19 Marine anti-exposure work suits (1) LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70); or
(2) Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-65.7, Life Jackets, in respect of Class 1 or Class 2 lifejackets that provide Category IV thermal protection
(2) and (3) [Repealed, SOR/2001-179, s. 45]
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
- SOR/2001-179, s. 45
- SOR/2002-122, ss. 3 to 6
- SOR/2004-26, s. 27
- SOR/2004-253, s. 3(F)
- SOR/2006-256, s. 10
- SOR/2023-257, s. 478
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