Life Saving Equipment Regulations

146 (1) On a passenger ship, every life raft that is boarded from a location on deck that is more than 4 m above the waterline of the ship in its lightest seagoing condition shall be davit-launched.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of an existing ship that is a Class II, Class III or Class IV ship referred to in

• (a) subparagraph 10(d)(ii);

• (b) subparagraph 11(c)(ii);

• (c) subparagraph 12(b)(ii);

• (d) subparagraph 14(d)(ii); or

• (e) paragraph 16(1)(d).

(3) For greater certainty,

• (a) a Class III ship that, under section 15.1, complies with the requirements applicable to a Class IV ship, is deemed to be a Class IV ship for the purposes of subsection (2); and

• (b) a Class IV ship that, under section 16.1, complies with the requirements applicable to a Class V ship, is deemed to be a Class V ship for the purposes of subsection (2).