Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 119
Life-saving appliances for installation 119 (1) An operator must ensure that an installation is equipped with life-saving appliances that (a) are sufficient in number and have the necessary redundancy to ensure their availability in any emergency situation; and (b) meet the requirements of the LSA Code and the annex to International Maritime Organization Resolution MSC.81(70), Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances , as if the installation were a vessel to which the Code and the Resolution apply. Loads (2) The operator must ensure that life-saving appliances can withstand all loads to which they may be subjected when they are in use. Space requirements and weight (3) The operator must ensure that, in determining the number of persons any lifeboat, life raft or marine evacuation system can accommodate, the persons’ space requirements and weight while wearing immersion suits are taken into account. Arrangement and selection (4) The operator must ensure that the arrangement and selection of life-saving appliances are based on (a) the safety studies referred to in section 116 , in particular any escape and evacuation analysis that takes into account any major accidental events; and (b) the results of the risk assessment conducted under subsection 107 (1). Position (5) The operator must ensure that copies of a plan showing the position of all life-saving appliances are posted at the installation, including in the main control centre and in every accommodations area and work area. Lifeboats — availability (6) For the purpose of subsections (1) and (2), the operator must ensure, with respect to the lifeboats on an installation, that (a) they are kept in at least two separate locations, one of which is adjacent to a temporary safe refuge; (b) they have a combined capacity to accommodate the total number of persons on board the installation — and those kept in each location have a combined capacity to accommodate the total number of persons assigned to that location — even in the event that any one lifeboat is lost or rendered unusable; and (c) if the installation is a floating platform, those lifeboats that are able to be launched under any credible scenario of angle of heel have a combined capacity to accommodate the total number of persons on board the installation. Lifeboats — specifications (7) The operator must ensure that the lifeboats are totally enclosed and are fire-protected. Lifeboats — continuous communication (8) The operator must ensure that each lifeboat is capable of being in continuous communication with each other lifeboat and with other vessels in the area. Lifeboats — towing devices (9) The operator must ensure that each lifeboat is equipped with towing devices. Life rafts (10) For the purpose of subsections (1) and (2), the operator must ensure that the life rafts on an installation have a combined capacity to accommodate the total number of persons on board the installation. Continuous verification (11) The operator must verify on a continual basis that the lifeboats, life rafts and other life-saving appliances are available and in a condition to perform as intended and must record the findings resulting from each verification.