Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 2
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, classe 1 ) near coastal voyage, Class 2 has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations . ( voyage à proximité du littoral, classe 2 ) new ship means a Canadian ship that is (a) with respect to a Safety Convention ship, (i) a ship the keel of which was laid on or after July 1, 1986, (ii) a ship the keel of which was laid before July 1, 1986 and that underwent a major conversion on or after July 1, 1986, or (iii) a ship that was registered in Canada on or after July 1, 1986; and (b) with respect to a ship that is not a Safety Convention ship, (i) a ship the keel of which was laid on or after April 28, 1996, (ii) a ship that underwent a major conversion on or after April 28, 1996, or (iii) a ship that was registered in Canada on or after April 28, 1996. ( navire neuf ) person means a person who is one year of age or over. ( personne ) pyrotechnic distress signal means a rocket parachute flare, a hand flare or a buoyant smoke signal. ( signal de détresse pyrotechnique ) recovery arrangements , in respect of a ship, means equipment for (a) hoisting a survival craft safely from the water; and (b) where the survival craft serves the ship, returning the survival craft to its stowed location. ( moyens de récupération ) rescue boat means a vessel designed to be used for rescuing persons in distress and marshalling survival craft. ( canot de secours ) rigid , in respect of a life raft, an emergency boat or a rescue boat, means constructed of rigid materials or a combination of rigid materials and inflatable compartments and not relying wholly on inflatable compartments for buoyancy and form. ( rigide ) SART means a radar transponder designed for search and rescue purposes. ( répondeur SAR ) sea area A1 has the meaning assigned in Chapter IV of the Safety Convention. ( zone océanique A1 ) sheltered waters voyage has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations . ( voyage en eaux abritées ) short international voyage means an international voyage (a) in the course of which a ship is not more than 200 nautical miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew could be placed in safety; and (b) that does not exceed 600 nautical miles in length between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and the final port of destination. ( voyage international court ) survival craft means a lifeboat, a rescue boat, an emergency boat, a suitable boat, a buoyant apparatus, a life raft or an inflatable rescue platform. ( bateau de sauvetage ) tanker means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of a flammable, toxic or hazardous nature and includes a chemical tanker and a liquefied gas tanker. ( navire-citerne ) tow-boat means a ship engaged in towing another ship or a floating object astern or alongside or in pushing another ship or a floating object ahead. ( bâtiment remorqueur ) TP 14475 means the publication entitled Canadian Life Saving Appliance Standard , published by the Department of Transport in December 2023. ( TP 14475 ) unlimited voyage has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations . ( voyage illimité ) VHF coverage area means (a) the Great Lakes; (b) the Saguenay River downstream from Chicoutimi; (c) the St. Lawrence River as far seaward as a straight line drawn (i) from Cap-des-Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island, and (ii) from Anticosti Island to the north shore of the St. Lawrence River along the meridian of longitude 63° west; (d) Puget Sound, State of Washington, U.S.A.; or (e) all waters that are within a coverage radius of a Canadian Coast Guard or U.S. Coast Guard radio station providing a continuous maritime mobile distress and safety service on frequency 15