Life Saving Equipment Regulations

7 Every Class I ship making long international voyages shall carry

• (a) on each side thereof, one or more Class 1 lifeboats, each at least 7.3 m in length, each under davits, and of sufficient aggregate capacity to accommodate 50 per cent of the complement; or

• (b) alternatively, in lieu of the requirements of paragraph (a),

  • (i) on each side thereof, one or more Class 1 lifeboats, each at least 7.3 m in length, each under davits, and of sufficient aggregate capacity to accommodate at least 37 1/2 per cent of the complement,

  • (ii) life rafts capable of being launched by launching devices, of aggregate capacity sufficient to accommodate the portion of the complement not accommodated under subparagraph (i), and

  • (iii) launching devices sufficient in number to launch all the life rafts required under subparagraph (ii), fully loaded, in 30 minutes in calm conditions;

• (c) on each side of the ship, a davit-launched approved boat that is not over 8.5 m in length and may count towards the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) if it is a Class 1 lifeboat;

• (d) on each side, under davits, one Class 1 motor lifeboat at least 7.3 m in length, that may count towards the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b), but a ship whose complement is under 31 may carry a single motor lifeboat;

• (e) enough life rafts capable of being launched by launching devices for 25 per cent of the complement;

• (f) 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 V of that item:

  	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV	Column V
  Item	Length of Ship	Lifebuoys	Self-igniting Lights	Self-activating Smoke Signals	Buoyant Lifelines
  1	Under 61.0 m	8	6	2	2
  2	61.0 m or over but under 121.9 m	12	6	2	2
  3	121.9 m or over but under 182.9 m	18	9	2	2
  4	182.9 m or over but under 243.8 m	24	12	2	2
  5	243.8 m or over	30	15	2	2

• (g) the following supply of lifejackets, each fitted with a whistle and a personal locator light:

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

  • (ii) enough conspicuously stowed on deck for 5 per cent of the complement, and

  • (iii) 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;

• (h) three survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use;

• (i) for each life raft, a Class A emergency pack set out in section 1 of Schedule I;

• (j) 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;

• (k) a line-throwing appliance;

• (l) the following distress signals:

  • (i) 12 rocket parachute flares, or

  • (ii) where 12 Type A distress signals were carried on April 27, 1996, those distress signals until their date of expiry;

• (m) two SARTs stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use and for placing in the two survival craft that are launched first, if the ship is

  • (i) a Safety Convention ship, or

  • (ii) 20 m or over in length; and

• (n) [Repealed, SOR/2000-261, s. 2]

• (o) means of embarkation into survival craft.

• (p) and (q) [Repealed, SOR/96-218, s. 3]