Life Saving Equipment Regulations

13 Every Class II ship making near coastal voyages, Class 1, limited to 120 nautical miles from shore other than a Safety Convention ship, shall comply with the requirements of section 10, except that

• (a) where accommodation for less than 300 persons is provided in life rafts, only one motor lifeboat need be carried, but where accommodation for 300 persons or more is provided in life rafts, a second motor lifeboat or mechanically propelled lifeboat shall be carried; and

• (b) if the ship is less than 20 m in length and engaged on a voyage that does not go beyond the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it is not required to carry the survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus referred to in paragraph 10(j).

• (c) to (e) [Repealed, SOR/96-218, s. 10]