Life Saving Equipment Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1436)
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Regulations are current to 2021-02-15 and last amended on 2020-10-06. Previous Versions
PART IIIOperational Requirements and Equipment Standards (continued)
Evacuation Procedures
111 Every passenger ship shall have an evacuation procedure for the safe evacuation of the complement from the ship within 30 minutes after the abandon-ship signal is given.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
- SOR/2006-256, s. 9
Evacuation of New Ships, Class IX
112 The survival craft required for a new ship that is a Class IX ship shall be capable of being launched with their full complement and equipment within 10 minutes after the abandon-ship signal is given.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
Maintenance, Servicing and Training
113 The following inspections and tests shall be carried out and recorded in the official log of a ship once every week on a Safety Convention ship and once every two weeks on any other ship:
(a) survival craft and launching devices shall be visually inspected to ensure that they are ready for use;
(b) the motor of lifeboats and rescue boats shall be run ahead and astern for a total period of not less than three minutes; and
(c) the general emergency alarm system shall be tested.
- SOR/96-218, s.34
- SOR/2001-179, s. 41
- SOR/2004-26, s. 26
114 (1) Every ship shall carry maintenance manuals for life saving equipment that contain the following information from the equipment manufacturers:
(2) The maintenance manuals shall be
(3) Maintenance of life saving equipment shall be carried out in accordance with the instructions in the manuals referred to in subsection (1).
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
- SOR/2001-179, s. 42
115 Every ship shall carry spare parts and repair equipment for the life saving equipment and components that need regular replacement.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
116 Where a ship carries survival craft that use falls as a means of launching, the falls shall be
(a) turned end for end at least every 30 months; and
(b) renewed at least once every five years or, where the falls show signs of deterioration, more often.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
117 (1) Every ship shall carry training manuals that explain how to use the ship’s life saving equipment.
(2) The training manuals shall be
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
118 The owner of a service station that services inflatable survival equipment shall ensure that the equipment is serviced
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
- SOR/2001-179, s. 43
119 (1) The owner of a service station that services inflatable survival equipment shall ensure that the service station
(2) Each time the servicing of any piece of inflatable survival equipment is about to begin, the owner of the service station shall notify the Board office closest to the service station.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
- SOR/2001-179, s. 44
(2) Emergency repairs to emergency boats and rescue boats may be carried out on board ship.
- SOR/96-218, s. 34
Equipment Requiring Board Approval
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).
TABLE
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 Schedule V.1 2 Emergency boats Schedule VII 3 Rescue boats Schedule VII 4 Life rafts Schedule VIII 5 Inflatable rescue platforms Schedule VIII 6 Marine evacuation systems Regulation 6.2 of Chapter VI of the International Life-saving Appliance Code published by the International Maritime Organization 7 Lifebuoys Regulation 1 of Part 1 of Annex 6 to International Marine Organization Resolution MSC.81(70), adopted on December 11, 1998 and entitled Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances 8 Self-igniting lights Regulation 1.9 of Part 1 of Annex 6 to International Marine Organization Resolution MSC.81(70), adopted on December 11, 1998 and entitled Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances 9 Self-activating smoke signals Regulation 10.2 of Part 1 of Annex 6 to International Marine Organization Resolution MSC.81(70), adopted on December 11, 1998 and entitled Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances 10 Type A, Type B and Type C distress signals Schedule III 11 Pyrotechnic distress signals Regulation 4 of Part 1 of Annex 6 to International Marine Organization Resolution MSC.81(70), adopted on December 11, 1998 and entitled Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances 12 Lifejackets (Safety Convention ships) Regulation 2 of Part 1 of Annex 6 to International Marine Organization Resolution MSC.81(70), adopted on December 11, 1998 and entitled Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances, and Standards for SOLAS Lifejackets, TP 13571, published by Transport Canada in 2003 13 Lifejackets (ships that are not Safety Convention ships) Sections 3 to 7 of Canadian General Standards Board Standard 65-GP-14M, published in September 1978 and entitled Standard for: Life Jackets, Inherently Buoyant, Standard Type 14 [Repealed, SOR/2006-256, s. 10] 15 Personal locator lights Regulations 10.3 and 10.4 of Part 1 of Annex 6 to International Marine Organization Resolution MSC.81(70), adopted on December 11, 1998 and entitled Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances 16 Line-throwing appliances Schedule XII 17 Immersion suits Sections 3 to 9 of Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB-65.16-M89, published in February 1989 and entitled Marine Abandonment Immersion Suit Systems 18 Thermal protective aids Schedule XIII 19 Marine anti-exposure work suits (1) Regulations 3.1 to 3.2.7 and regulations 3.2.13 and 3.2.14 of Part 1 of Annex 6 to International Marine Organization Resolution MSC.81(70), adopted on December 11, 1998 and entitled Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances
(2) Paragraphs 9.2 to 9.4 and 9.6 of the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB-65.21-95, published in November 1995 and entitled Marine Anti-exposure Work Suit Systems
(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
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