Life Saving Equipment Regulations

49 A Class II ship shall carry

• (a) three survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use, unless the ship is less than 20 m in length and engaged on a voyage that does not go beyond the Gulf of St. Lawrence;

• (b) a marine anti-exposure work suit for each member of the rescue boat crew;

• (c) for each life raft,

  • (i) if the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class II, the Class A emergency pack set out in section 1 of Schedule I, and

  • (ii) if the ship is engaged on a short international voyage that is not a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, Class II, the Class B (SOLAS) emergency pack set out in section 2 of Schedule I;

• (d) for each lifeboat and each rescue boat that is counted as a lifeboat for the purposes of subsection 43(1), the equipment set out in section 1 of Schedule II;

• (e) for each rescue boat, the equipment set out in section 2 of Schedule II;

• (f) a line-throwing appliance;

• (g) 12 rocket parachute flares;

• (h) one portable battery-powered loud hailer located at each muster station where

  • (i) more than 100 persons are to be mustered, or

  • (ii) a marine evacuation system is used; and

• (i) means of embarkation into survival craft.