Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 2
2 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in these Regulations. accredited service technician [Repealed, SOR/2023-257, s. 430] Act means the Canada Shipping Act . ( Loi ) approved , in respect of survival craft or equipment, means that the prototype of the survival craft or equipment has been approved by the Board as having met the construction and performance standards set out or referred to in these Regulations. ( homologué ) approved boat means a boat that was recognized and approved as an approved boat under these Regulations as they read prior to April 28, 1996. ( embarcation approuvée ) certified means certified by the Board. ( autorisé ) Class II EPIRB means an emergency position indicating radiobeacon. ( RLS de classe II ) complement means (a) in respect of a ship, the number of persons authorized to be carried under the inspection certificate issued for the ship; and (b) in respect of a survival craft, the number of persons approved to be carried on the survival craft. ( chargement en personnes ) existing ship means a Canadian ship that is not a new ship. ( navire existant ) float-free device means a device that enables a survival craft to be released automatically from a sinking ship and to be ready for use. ( dispositif à dégagement libre ) free-fall launching means a method of launching a survival craft by which the craft, with its complement and equipment on board, is released and allowed to fall free into the water without any restraining equipment. ( mise à l’eau en chute libre ) Gulf of St. Lawrence means the area bounded on the east by the west coast of the Island of Newfoundland, on the north by a line joining Flowers Island and Point Amour, Newfoundland, and on the southeast by a line joining Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, and Sydney, Nova Scotia. ( golfe du Saint-Laurent ) IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) means the annex to International Maritime Organization Resolution MSC.81(70), Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances , as amended from time to time. ( résolution MSC.81(70) de l’OMI ) inflatable survival equipment means an inflatable life raft, an inflatable rescue platform or a marine evacuation system and includes (a) a container for the inflatable life raft, the inflatable rescue platform or the marine evacuation system; (b) a hydrostatic release unit; and (c) a release hook for an inflatable davit-launched life raft. ( équipement de sauvetage gonflable ) inland voyage has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations . ( voyage en eaux internes ) inspector means a steamship inspector appointed under section 301 of the Act. ( inspecteur ) launching device means a device for launching a survival craft safely to the water from its stowed location. ( dispositif de mise à l’eau ) length means (a) in the case of a ship that is registered under the Act or is required by the Act to be registered, the length set out in the ship’s certificate of registry; or (b) in the case of a ship that is not required by the Act to be registered, the horizontal distance between perpendiculars erected at the extreme ends of the outside of the hull. ( longueur ) LSA Code means the annex to International Maritime Organization Resolution MSC.48(66), International Life-Saving Appliance Code , as amended from time to time. ( Recueil LSA ) major conversion , in respect of a ship, means a change that (a) substantially alters the dimensions or carrying capacity of the ship; or (b) alters the type of the ship. ( transformation importante ) marine evacuation system means life saving equipment that consists of one or more inflatable life rafts, a slide or chute as a means of embarkation into the inflatable life rafts and, in the case of a system with more than one life raft, an inflatable rescue platform. ( dispositif d’évacuation en mer ) near coastal voyage, Class 1 has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations . ( voyage à proximité du littoral,