Life Saving Equipment Regulations

Version of section 59 from 2023-12-20 to 2024-11-26:

59 A Class III ship shall carry

(a) a marine anti-exposure work suit for each member of the rescue boat crew;
(b) for each life raft, a SOLAS B pack as set out in the LSA Code;
(c) [Repealed, SOR/2023-257, s. 459]
(d) [Repealed, SOR/2023-257, s. 459]
(e) if the ship is 85 m or over in length, a line-throwing appliance;
(f) 12 pyrotechnic distress signals, of which six are rocket parachute flares and six are rocket parachute or hand flares;
(g) 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;
(h) means of embarkation into survival craft; and
(i) if the ship is 20 m or over in length and engaged on a near coastal voyage, Class 2, three survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use.

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