Life Saving Equipment Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1436)

• 120 (1) Every emergency boat or rescue boat shall

  • (a) be repaired and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions; and

  • (b) subject to subsection (2), be repaired at a service station accredited by the manufacturer.

• (2) Emergency repairs to emergency boats and rescue boats may be carried out on board ship.

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).

    	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]

Buoyant Apparatus

• 122 (1) Every buoyant apparatus carried on a ship shall bear a label of the United States Coast Guard indicating that the apparatus meets the requirements of subpart 160.010 of Title 46, Volume 6, of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States.

• (2) Every marking on a buoyant apparatus carried on a ship shall be in English and French. This requirement does not apply in respect of the label required by subsection (1).

Pyrotechnic Distress Signals

123 Every pyrotechnic distress signal carried on a ship shall be withdrawn from service at the latest four years after its date of manufacture.

Survival Craft VHF Radiotelephone Apparatus

• 124 (1) A survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus carried on a ship shall meet the requirements of section 30 of the Ship Station (Radio) Technical Regulations, 1999 and, in the case of a fixed one, paragraphs 31(a) and (b) of those Regulations.

• (2) Every radio operator on a ship that carries a survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus shall comply with the requirements of subsection 49(3) of the Ship Station (Radio) Technical Regulations, 1999.

SARTs

• 125 (1) A SART carried on a ship shall meet the requirements of sections 28 and 29 of the Ship Station (Radio) Technical Regulations, 1999.

• (2) Every radio operator on a ship that carries a SART shall comply with the requirements of subsection 49(2) of the Ship Station (Radio) Technical Regulations, 1999.