Small Vessel Regulations

509 (1) If there are two or more persons on board a tug that is more than 8.5 m in length, it shall carry on board one or more life rafts with a total capacity sufficient to carry all the persons on board.

(2) A tug that engages in voyages beyond the limits of a near coastal voyage, Class 2 shall not carry on board a coastal life raft unless it carried such a life raft on board before the day on which these Regulations came into force.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), near coastal voyage, Class 2 has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations.