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Life Saving Equipment Regulations

Version of section 16 from 2006-03-22 to 2023-12-19:

  •  (1) A Class IV ship shall carry

    • (a) subject to paragraph (b), at least one Class 1 lifeboat under davits and of the appropriate capacity for the length of the ship in accordance with the table to this paragraph, except that the lifeboats need not be of a greater aggregate capacity than is sufficient to accommodate the complement:

      TABLE

      Column IColumn II
      ItemLength of ShipMinimum Capacity of Each Lifeboat (m3)
      122.9 m or over but under 30.5 m3.540
      230.5 m or over but under 45.7 m4.248
      345.7 m or over but under 61.0 m7.079
      461.0 m or over8.495
    • (b) if the carriage of a lifeboat referred to in paragraph (a) is impracticable, an approved boat;

    • (c) enough life rafts to accommodate that part of the complement not accommodated in the lifeboat or emergency boat;

    • (d) where the embarkation station for life rafts is 4.57 m or more above the waterline when the ship is in its lightest seagoing condition and the life rafts that are embarked at that station accommodate in total more than 50 persons, launching devices that are capable of launching the life rafts within 30 minutes in calm conditions;

    • (e) where the ship is within the length range set out in column I of an item of the table to this paragraph, the supply of equipment set out in columns II to IV of that item:

      TABLE

      Column IColumn IIColumn IIIColumn IV
      ItemLength of ShipLifebuoysSelf-igniting LightsBuoyant Lifelines
      122.9 m or under211
      2Over 22.9 m but under 30.5 m422
      330.5 m or over but under 61.0 m632
      461.0 m or over842
    • (f) the following supply of lifejackets:

      • (i) one for each member of the complement, and

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

    • (g) for each life raft, the Class B (Canadian) emergency pack set out in section 2.1 of Schedule I;

    • (h) for each lifeboat, the equipment set out in section 1 of Schedule II and, for each approved boat, the equipment set out in section 2 of Schedule II;

    • (i) the following distress signals:

      • (i) 12 pyrotechnic distress signals of which six are rocket parachute flares, or

      • (ii) where the following distress signals were carried on April 27, 1996, those distress signals until their date of expiry:

        • (A) six Type B distress signals, or

        • (B) in the case of a ship engaged on a voyage not more than five nautical miles from shore, 12 Type C distress signals; and

    • (j) means of embarkation into survival craft.

  • (2) A Class IV 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/80-685, s. 10
  • SOR/96-218, s. 12
  • SOR/2001-179, s. 11
  • SOR/2004-26, s. 9

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