Life Saving Equipment Regulations

30 A Class XI ship shall carry

• (a) one lifejacket, fitted with a whistle and a personal locator light, for each member of the complement;

• (b) where the ship is engaged on a voyage other than a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, one immersion suit, fitted with a whistle and a personal locator light, for each member of the complement;

• (c) where the ship is engaged on a voyage more than 20 nautical miles from shore, a loud hailer or an equally efficient means of communication with the complement;

• (d) for each life raft,

  • (i) if the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class I, or a home-trade voyage, Class II, beyond the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Class A emergency pack set out in section 1 of Schedule I,

  • (ii) if the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, the Class C emergency pack set out in section 3 of Schedule I, and

  • (iii) in any other case, the Class B (Canadian) emergency pack set out in section 2.1 of Schedule I;

• (e) 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;

• (f) for each suitable boat, the equipment set out in section 5 of Schedule II;

• (g) one line-throwing appliance, unless the ship

  • (i) is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, or

  • (ii) is making a voyage solely under tow and the tow boat is equipped with a line-throwing appliance; and

• (h) the following distress signals:

  • (i) six 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) in the case of a ship engaged on a voyage two nautical miles or more but not more than 20 from shore, six Type B distress signals, and

    • (B) in the case of a ship engaged on a voyage more than 20 nautical miles from shore, six Type A distress signals.