Life Saving Equipment Regulations

5 For the purposes of these Regulations, ships are divided into the following classes:

• (a) Class I consists of ships that are over five tons gross tonnage and are

  • (i) Safety Convention ships that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on unlimited voyages, or

  • (ii) ships that are not Safety Convention ships and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on unlimited voyages or near coastal voyages, Class 1;

• (b) Class II consists of ships that are over five tons gross tonnage and are

  • (i) Safety Convention ships that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on short international voyages, or

  • (ii) ships that are not Safety Convention ships and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on near coastal voyages, Class 1, limited to 120 nautical miles from shore;

• (c) Class III consists of ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on near coastal voyages, Class 2, or inland voyages;

• (d) Class IV consists of ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on inland voyages, limited to 25 nautical miles from shore, or near coastal voyages, Class 2, limited to five nautical miles from shore;

• (e) Class V consists of ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on sheltered waters voyages;

• (f) Class VI consists of ships that are not over five tons gross tonnage and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers;

• (g) Class VII consists of ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are certified to carry passengers, are not self-propelled and are towed or pushed by a ship or operated by a cable;

• (h) Class VIII [reserved];

• (i) Class IX consists of ships that are over 15 tons gross tonnage and are

  • (i) Safety Convention ships that are not certified to carry passengers, or that are certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers, on unlimited voyages, or

  • (ii) ships that are not Safety Convention ships and that are not certified to carry passengers, or that are certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers, on unlimited voyages or near coastal voyages, Class 1;

• (j) Class X consists of ships that are over 15 tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are not certified to carry passengers, or are certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers, on near coastal voyages, Class 1, limited to 120 nautical miles from shore, near coastal voyages, Class 2, sheltered waters voyages, inland voyages, inland voyages, limited to 25 nautical miles from shore, or near coastal voyages, Class 2, limited to five nautical miles from shore; and

• (k) Class XI consists of ships that are over 15 tons gross tonnage, are not certified to carry passengers but carry a crew, are not self-propelled and are towed or pushed by a ship or operated by a cable.