Life Saving Equipment Regulations
22.1 (1) A Class IX ship that is a tanker and is a Safety Convention ship or a ship engaged on a foreign voyage shall carry
(a) where the ship is under 1,600 tons gross tonnage, on each side of the ship, one or more Class 1 lifeboats that are under davits, are not under 7.3 m in length and have an aggregate capacity sufficient to accommodate the complement;
(b) where the ship is 1,600 tons or over but under 3,000 tons gross tonnage, on each side of the ship and under gravity-type davits, the following lifeboats:
(i) where the ship is engaged on a voyage more than 20 nautical miles from shore, one motor lifeboat, and
(ii) one or more Class 1 lifeboats not under 7.3 m in length, the aggregate capacity of which is sufficient to accommodate that part of the complement not accommodated in the motor lifeboat;
(c) where the ship is 3,000 tons gross tonnage or over, four lifeboats that are under gravity-type davits and are distributed equally on both sides of the ship, two of which are carried aft and two amidships or, where the ship has no amidships superstructure, are carried aft;
(d) where the ship is engaged on a voyage more than 20 nautical miles from shore, the following life rafts:
(i) one or more life rafts having an aggregate capacity sufficient to accommodate 50 per cent of the complement, and
(ii) where the ship is 150 m or over in length and has no amidships superstructure, a life raft that is capable of accommodating at least six persons and is stowed as far forward as is practicable;
(e) eight lifebuoys;
(f) one lifejacket, fitted with a whistle and a personal locator light, for each member of the complement;
(g) one immersion suit, fitted with a whistle and a personal locator light, for each member of the complement;
(h) the following survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use:
(i) two, if the ship is 300 tons or over but under 500 tons gross tonnage, and
(ii) three, if the ship is 500 tons gross tonnage or over;
(i) for each life raft, at least the following equipment:
(i) where the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, a Class C emergency pack set out in section 3 of Schedule I,
(ii) if the ship is engaged on a voyage not more than 20 nautical miles from shore, the Class B (Canadian) emergency pack set out in section 2.1 of Schedule I, and
(iii) where the ship is engaged on any other voyage, a Class A emergency pack set out in section 1 of Schedule I;
(j) for each lifeboat, the equipment set out in section 1 of Schedule II;
(k) a line-throwing appliance;
(l) where the ship is engaged on a voyage other than a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, the following distress signals:
(i) 12 rocket parachute flares, or
(ii) where 12 Type A distress signals were carried on April 27, 1996, those distress signals until their date of expiry;
(m) the following SARTs:
(i) if the ship is 20 m or over in length but under 500 tons gross tonnage, one SART stowed so that it is readily accessible for immediate use and for placing in one of the survival craft that are launched first, and
(ii) if the ship is 500 tons gross tonnage or over, two SARTs stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use and for placing in the two survival craft that are launched first; and
(n) [Repealed, SOR/2000-261, s. 10]
(o) means of embarkation into survival craft.
(1.1) Despite subparagraph (1)(m)(i), a ship that is under 300 tons gross tonnage and that on March 31, 2001 was required by these Regulations to carry two Class II EPIRBs may continue to carry them instead of a SART until one of the batteries of the Class II EPIRBs needs to be replaced.
(2) A Class IX ship that is not a Safety Convention ship and is a tanker engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class I, shall carry
(a) where the ship is under 1,600 tons gross tonnage, on each side of the ship, one or more Class 1 lifeboats that are under davits, are 4.9 m or over in length and have an aggregate capacity sufficient to accommodate the complement;
(b) where the ship is 1,600 tons or over but under 3,000 tons gross tonnage, the following lifeboats, under gravity-type davits,
(i) one motor lifeboat, and
(ii) on each side of the ship, one or more Class 1 lifeboats that are 4.9 m or over in length, the aggregate capacity of which is sufficient to accommodate that part of the complement not accommodated in the motor lifeboat;
(c) where the ship is 3,000 tons gross tonnage or over, four lifeboats, under gravity-type davits,
(i) that are distributed equally on both sides of the ship, two of which are carried aft and two amidships or, where the ship has no amidships superstructure, are carried aft, and
(ii) one of which is a motor lifeboat or, where the ship is 5,000 tons gross tonnage or over, two of which are motor lifeboats and are carried one on each side of the ship;
(d) where the ship is within the length range set out in column I of an item of the table to this paragraph, the supply of equipment set out in columns II to IV of that item:
TABLE
Column I Column II Column III Column IV Item Length of Ship Lifebuoys Self-igniting Lights Buoyant Lifelines 1 Under 30.5 m 4 2 2 2 30.5 m or over 6 3 2 (e) one lifejacket, fitted with a whistle and a personal locator light, for each member of the complement;
(f) one immersion suit, fitted with a whistle and a personal locator light, for each member of the complement;
(g) the following number of survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use:
(i) two, if the ship is 300 tons or over but under 500 tons gross tonnage, and
(ii) three, if the ship is 500 tons gross tonnage or over;
(h) for each life raft, the Class A emergency pack set out in section 1 of Schedule I;
(i) for each lifeboat, the equipment set out in section 1 of Schedule II;
(j) where the ship is 150 tons gross tonnage or over, a line-throwing appliance;
(k) the following distress signals:
(i) 12 rocket parachute flares, or
(ii) where 12 Type A distress signals or, in the case of a ship that is engaged on a voyage that does not go beyond the Gulf of St. Lawrence, six Type A distress signals, were carried on April 27, 1996, those distress signals until their date of expiry;
(l) the following SARTs:
(i) if the ship is 20 m or over in length but under 500 tons gross tonnage, one SART stowed so that it is readily accessible for immediate use and for placing in one of the survival craft that are launched first, and
(ii) if the ship is 500 tons gross tonnage or over, two SARTs stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use and for placing in the two survival craft that are launched first; and
(m) means of embarkation into survival craft.
(2.1) Despite subparagraph (2)(l)(i), a ship that is under 300 tons gross tonnage and that on March 31, 2001 was required by these Regulations to carry two Class II EPIRBs may continue to carry them instead of a SART until one of the batteries of the Class II EPIRBs needs to be replaced.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(c), where it is not practicable to carry four lifeboats aft, a Class IX ship may carry two lifeboats, one on each side of the ship, if
(a) each lifeboat
(i) has the capacity sufficient to accommodate the complement and is not over
(A) 8.5 m in length, where the ship is engaged on an international voyage or a foreign voyage, or
(B) 7.9 m in length, where the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class I, and
(ii) is stowed
(A) as near as is safe and practicable to the waterline of the ship in its lightest seagoing condition, and
(B) as far forward as is practicable and, in any case, at least 1.5 times its own length forward of the ship’s propeller; and
(b) life rafts having the capacity sufficient to accommodate 50 per cent of the complement are carried.
- SOR/96-218, s. 20
- SOR/2000-261, s. 10
- SOR/2001-179, s. 17
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