Life Saving Equipment Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1436)

Class III Ships(Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on home-trade voyages, Class III, or inland voyages, Class I)

52 Subject to section 53, a Class III ship shall carry on each side of the ship

• (a) enough life rafts to accommodate at least 60 per cent of the complement; and

• (b) one rescue boat under launching devices.

53 A Class III ship that is under 85 m in length may carry, instead of the survival craft referred to in section 52,

• (a) on each side of the ship, enough life rafts to accommodate at least 50 per cent of the complement; and

• (b) at least one rescue boat under launching devices.

54 A Class III ship shall carry enough rescue boats to ensure that, in providing for abandonment by the complement, each rescue boat need not marshal more than nine life rafts.

55 The requirements of paragraphs 52(a) and 53(a) may be met by the carriage of lifeboats, or a combination of lifeboats and life rafts, if the required survival craft accommodation capacity is maintained.

56 Every life raft on a Class III ship shall be stowed

• (a) with its painter permanently attached to the ship;

• (b) fitted with a float-free device;

• (c) so that it can be launched by one or two persons; and

• (d) if it is inflatable, so that it inflates automatically if the ship sinks.

• 57 (1) A Class III ship within the length range set out in column I of an item of the table to this subsection shall carry the supply of equipment set out in columns II to IV of that item.

  	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
  Item	Length of Ship	Lifebuoys	Self-igniting Lights	Buoyant Lifelines
  1	Under 25 m	2	1	1
  2	25 m or over but under 50 m	4	2	2
  3	50 m or over but under 85 m	6	3	2
  4	85 m or over	8	4	2

• (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1), a Class III ship shall carry at least one lifebuoy on each side of each passenger deck.

58 A Class III ship shall carry

• (a) one lifejacket for each member of the complement; and

• (b) the following supply of lifejackets:

  • (i) enough conspicuously stowed on deck for 5 per cent of the complement,

  • (ii) enough that are suitable for children for at least 10 per cent of the complement or one for each child on board, whichever is greater,

  • (iii) enough for persons on watch, and

  • (iv) enough at locations that are remote from muster and embarkation stations for all of the persons likely to be there.

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, the Class B (Canadian) emergency pack set out in section 2.1 of Schedule I;

• (c) for each lifeboat, the equipment set out in section 1 of Schedule II;

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

• (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 home-trade voyage, Class III, three survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use.

60 A Class III ship shall be provided with signs that indicate

• (a) the location of

  • (i) survival craft and their launching devices,

  • (i.1) lifejackets and lifejackets suitable for children,

  • (ii) muster stations, and

  • (iii) embarkation stations; and

• (b) directions to the muster and embarkation stations.

Class IV Ships(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, Class II, or minor waters voyages, Class I)

• 61 (1) A Class IV ship shall carry

  • (a) enough life rafts to accommodate the complement; and

  • (b) one emergency boat.

• (2) The accommodation capacity of one emergency boat may be included in the calculation under paragraph (1)(a) to reduce the number of life rafts required.

• (3) The requirements of subsection (1) may be met by the carriage of lifeboats, or a combination of lifeboats and life rafts, if the required survival craft accommodation capacity is maintained.

• 62 (1) A Class IV ship within the length range set out in column I of an item of the table to this subsection shall carry the supply of equipment set out in columns II to IV of that item.

  	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
  Item	Length of Ship	Lifebuoys	Self-igniting Lights	Buoyant Lifelines
  1	Under 25 m	2	1	1
  2	25 m or over but under 50 m	4	2	2
  3	50 m or over but under 85 m	6	3	2
  4	85 m or over	8	4	2

• (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1), a Class IV ship shall carry at least one lifebuoy on each side of each passenger deck.

63 A Class IV ship shall carry

• (a) one lifejacket for each member of the complement; and

• (b) enough lifejackets that are suitable for children for at least 10 per cent of the complement or one for each child on board, whichever is greater.

64 A Class IV ship shall carry

• (a) for each life raft, the Class B (Canadian) emergency pack set out in section 2.1 of Schedule I;

• (b) for each lifeboat, the equipment set out in section 1 of Schedule II;

• (c) for each emergency boat, the equipment set out in section 5 of Schedule II;

• (d) 12 pyrotechnic distress signals, of which six are rocket parachute flares;

• (e) 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

• (f) means of embarkation into survival craft.

65 A Class IV ship shall be provided with signs that indicate

• (a) the location of

  • (i) survival craft and their launching devices,

  • (i.1) lifejackets and lifejackets suitable for children,

  • (ii) muster stations, and

  • (iii) embarkation stations; and

• (b) directions to the muster and embarkation stations.

Class V Ships(Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on home-trade voyages, Class IV, or minor waters voyages, Class II)

• 66 (1) A Class V ship shall carry

  • (a) enough life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms to accommodate the complement; and

  • (b) unless the ship has a freeboard of less than 1.5 m or is fitted with a boarding platform, one emergency boat.

• (2) If a ship navigates in waters the temperature of which is 15°C or more, the requirement in respect of the accommodation capacity of the life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms that is referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or 67(b) may be met by counting not more than 33.33 per cent of the complement of the life raft or inflatable rescue platform as being in the water, holding on to the life raft or inflatable rescue platform.

67 A Class V ship that navigates in waters the temperature of which is 15°C or more may carry, instead of the survival craft referred to in subsection 66(1),

• (a) one lifebuoy for every four members of the complement if the ship navigates

  • (i) within 150 m of shore, or

  • (ii) in a depth of water not exceeding 1.5 m; or

• (b) enough buoyant apparatus to accommodate not more than 40 per cent of the complement of the ship and enough life rafts or inflatable rescue platforms to accommodate that portion of the complement not accommodated by the buoyant apparatus.

• 68 (1) A Class V ship within the length range set out in column I of an item of the table to this subsection shall carry the supply of equipment set out in columns II to IV of that item.

  	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
  Item	Length of Ship	Lifebuoys	Self-igniting Lights	Buoyant Lifelines
  1	Under 50 m	4	2	2
  2	50 m or over	6	2	2

• (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1), a Class V ship shall carry at least one lifebuoy on each side of each passenger deck.

69 A Class V ship shall carry

• (a) one lifejacket for each member of the complement; and

• (b) enough lifejackets that are suitable for children for at least 10 per cent of the complement or one for each child on board, whichever is greater.

70 A Class V ship that carries survival craft shall carry

• (a) for each life raft and each inflatable rescue platform, the Class C emergency pack set out in section 3 of Schedule I;

• (b) for each emergency boat, the equipment set out in section 5 of Schedule II;

• (c) six pyrotechnic distress signals, of which three are rocket parachute flares;

• (d) 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

• (e) means of embarkation into survival craft.