Small Vessel Regulations

213 (1) No visual signals are required to be carried on board a pleasure craft that is not more than 6 m in length and is not fitted with an engine.

(2) Pyrotechnic distress signals are not required to be carried on board a pleasure craft that

• (a) is operating on a river, canal or lake in which it can at no time be more than one nautical mile from shore; or

• (b) has no sleeping arrangements and is engaged in an official competition or in final preparation for an official competition.

(3) For a pleasure craft more than 6 m in length, the number of pyrotechnic distress signals referred to in subitems 2(b) and 3(b) of the table to section 205 and in item 2 of the table to section 210 may be reduced up to a maximum of 50%, provided the number of smoke signals does not exceed 50% of the permitted number of smoke signals in those tables, if the pleasure craft is equipped with

• (a) a means of two-way radio communication;

• (b) a 406 MHz personal locator beacon that is the subject of a technical acceptance certificate issued under subparagraph 5(1)(a)(iv) of the Radiocommunication Act, worn by the pleasure craft operator; or

• (c) a 406 MHz emergency position-indicating radio beacon.