Life Saving Equipment Regulations

18 (1) A Class VI ship shall carry

• (a) where the ship is engaged on a sheltered waters voyage, enough life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms to accommodate the complement; and

• (b) where the ship is engaged on any other voyage, enough life rafts to accommodate the complement.

(2) If a ship navigates in waters the temperature of which is 15°C or more, the requirement in respect of the accommodation capacity of the life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms that is referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (3)(b) may be met by counting not more than 33.33 per cent of the complement of the life raft or inflatable rescue platform as being in the water, holding on to the life raft or inflatable rescue platform.

(3) A Class VI ship that navigates in waters the temperature of which is 15°C or more may carry, instead of the survival craft referred to in paragraph (1)(a),

• (a) one lifebuoy for every four members of the complement if the ship navigates

  • (i) within 150 m of shore, or

  • (ii) in a depth of water not exceeding 1.5 m; or

• (b) enough buoyant apparatus to accommodate not more than 40 per cent of the complement of the ship and enough life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms to accommodate that portion of the complement not accommodated by the buoyant apparatus.

(4) [Repealed, SOR/2006-256, s. 2]

(5) A Class VI ship shall carry the following supply of lifejackets:

• (a) one for each member of the complement; and

• (b) enough that are suitable for children for at least 10 per cent of the complement or one for each child on board, whichever is greater.

(6) A Class VI ship shall carry the following equipment:

• (a) for each life raft or inflatable rescue platform,

  • (i) if the ship is engaged on a voyage beyond the limits of a near coastal voyage, Class 2, a SOLAS A pack as set out in the LSA Code, and

  • (ii) if the ship is engaged on any other voyage, a SOLAS B pack as set out in the LSA Code;

• (b) except if the ship is engaged on a sheltered waters voyage, six pyrotechnic distress signals of which three are rocket parachute flares; and

• (c) two lifebuoys, one of which has a buoyant lifeline attached.

(7) A Class VI ship shall be provided with signs that indicate the location of life saving equipment that is not stowed in plain view.