Life Saving Equipment Regulations
Version of section 97 from 2023-12-20 to 2024-06-19:
97 (1) A Class X ship that is a tanker and has free-fall launching devices may carry, instead of the lifeboats required by subsection 96(1), enough totally enclosed lifeboats, capable of being free-fall launched over the stern of the ship, to accommodate the complement.
(2) The lifeboats referred to in subsection (1) shall be fire-protected and shall have a self-contained air support system unless the ship is engaged
(a) on a sheltered waters voyage; or
(b) solely in the carriage of bunker oils and marine diesel oils, the flashpoint of which exceeds 60°C, as determined in a closed-cup test.
(c) [Repealed, SOR/2023-257, s. 471]
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
- SOR/2004-253, s. 2
- SOR/2023-257, s. 471
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