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Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 121
121 (1) Life saving equipment that is carried on a ship and is set out in column I of an item of the table to this section shall (a) meet the requirements set out in the Schedule to these Regulations or the Standard, as amended from time to time, set out in column II of that item; and (b) be approved as having met the requirements referred to in paragraph (a). TABLE Column I Column II Item Life Saving Equipment Schedule or Standard 0.1 Class 1 lifeboats Schedule V 0.2 Class 2 lifeboats Schedule V 0.3 Approved boats Schedule XV 0.4 Suitable boats Schedule XV 1 Lifeboats LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 2 Emergency boats TP 14475 3 Rescue boats LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 4 Life rafts LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 5 Inflatable rescue platforms TP 14475 6 Marine evacuation systems LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 7 Lifebuoys LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 8 Self-igniting lights LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 9 Self-activating smoke signals LSA Code and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 10 [Repealed, SOR/2023-257, s. 478] 11 Pyrotechnic distress signals LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 12 Lifejackets (Safety Convention ships) LSA Code and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 13 Lifejackets (ships that are not Safety Convention ships) (1) LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70); or (2) Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-65.7, Life Jackets , in respect of Class 1 lifejackets 14 [Repealed, SOR/2006-256, s. 10] 15 Personal locator lights LSA Code and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 16 Line-throwing appliances LSA Code and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 17 Immersion suits (1) LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70), for immersion suits made of a material with inherent insulation and designed to be worn without a lifejacket; (2) Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-65.16-2005, Immersion Suit Systems ; or (3) Underwriters Laboratories standards ANSI/CAN/UL 15027-2, Standard for Immersion Suits - Part 2: Abandonment Suits, Requirements Including Safety , and ANSI/CAN/UL 15027-3, Standard for Immersion Suits - Part 3: Test Methods 18 Thermal protective aids LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) 19 Marine anti-exposure work suits (1) LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70); or (2) Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-65.7, Life Jackets , in respect of Class 1 or Class 2 lifejackets that provide Category IV thermal protection (2) and (3) [Repealed, SOR/2001-179, s. 45] SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2001-179, s. 45; SOR/2002-122, ss. 3 to 6; SOR/2004-26, s. 27; SOR/2004-253, s. 3(F); SOR/2006-256, s. 10 SOR/2023-257, s. 478
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — (1)
(1) LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70); or
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — (2)
(2) Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-65.7, Life Jackets , in respect of Class 1 lifejackets
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — (1)
(1) LSA Code, TP 14475 and IMO Resolution MSC.81(70), for immersion suits made of a material with inherent insulation and designed to be worn without a lifejacket;
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — (2)
(2) Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-65.16-2005, Immersion Suit Systems ; or
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — (3)
(3) Underwriters Laboratories standards ANSI/CAN/UL 15027-2, Standard for Immersion Suits - Part 2: Abandonment Suits, Requirements Including Safety , and ANSI/CAN/UL 15027-3, Standard for Immersion Suits - Part 3: Test Methods
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — (2)
(2) Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-65.7, Life Jackets , in respect of Class 1 or Class 2 lifejackets that provide Category IV thermal protection
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 122
122 (1) Every buoyant apparatus carried on a ship shall bear a label of the United States Coast Guard indicating that the apparatus meets the requirements of subpart 160.010 of Title 46, Volume 6, of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States. (2) Every marking on a buoyant apparatus carried on a ship shall be in English and French. This requirement does not apply in respect of the label required by subsection (1). SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2001-179, s. 46; SOR/2006-256, s. 11; SOR/2013-235, s. 7
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 123
123 Every pyrotechnic distress signal carried on a ship shall be withdrawn from service at the latest four years after its date of manufacture. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 124
124 (1) Every survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus carried on a ship shall meet the requirements of sections 222 and 232 of the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 . (2) Every survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus carried on a ship shall be tested in accordance with the requirements of subsection 239 (3) of the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 . SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2000-261, s. 21 SOR/2020-216, s. 403
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 125
125 (1) Every SART carried on a ship shall meet the requirements of sections 222 and 231 of the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 . (2) Every SART carried on a ship shall be inspected and tested in accordance with the requirements of subsection 239 (2) of the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 . SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2000-261, s. 21 SOR/2020-216, s. 404
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 126
126 (1) A Class II EPIRB carried on a ship shall meet the requirements of sections 222 and 228 to 230 of the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 . (2) A Class II EPIRB carried on a ship shall be inspected and tested in accordance with the requirements of subsection 239 (1) of the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 . SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2000-261, s. 21 SOR/2020-216, s. 405
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 127.1
127.1 Every lifejacket carried on a ship shall be readily accessible for immediate use and stowed in a location that is conspicuously marked. SOR/2004-26, s. 28
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 128
128 (1) Signs that indicate the location of survival craft, launching devices, emergency equipment, muster stations or embarkation stations and that provide directions to muster or embarkation stations shall (a) be clearly visible under emergency lighting conditions; and (b) use (i) in the case of an existing ship, words in English and French or symbols; and (ii) in the case of a new ship, symbols. (2) Symbols shall be those set out in International Maritime Organization Resolution A.760(18), adopted on November 4, 1993 and entitled Symbols Related to Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements , as amended from time to time. (3) Where symbols referred to in subsection (2) require the use of words, the words shall be in English and French. SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2004-26, s. 29
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 129
129 Launching devices shall meet the requirements set out (a) in the case of an existing ship, (i) in Part I of Schedule IX, or (ii) in the LSA Code and TP 14475; and (b) in the case of a new ship, in the LSA Code and TP 14475. SOR/96-218, s. 34 SOR/2023-257, s. 480
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 130
130 (1) Subject to subsection (2), all equipment that is carried on a lifeboat, rescue boat or emergency boat shall be (a) secured in the boat by lashings, stowed in lockers or compartments or secured to brackets or other similar mountings; (b) secured so that it does not interfere with procedures for abandoning ship; and (c) packed in as light and compact a form as is practicable. (2) So that they are readily available for immediate use in fending off, boat-hooks shall not be secured. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 131
131 (1) Lifebuoys and lifebuoy equipment shall meet the requirements of Schedule XIV. (2) Every lifebuoy carried on a ship shall be marked, in letters that are in a colour that contrasts with that of the lifebuoy and are not less than 100 mm in height, with the ship’s name and port of registry. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 132
132 Means of embarkation into survival craft shall meet the requirements set out in Schedule VI. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 133
133 Every new ship that is a passenger ship shall have muster stations that (a) are in the vicinity of, and permit ready access by passengers to, the embarkation stations; and (b) subject to section 135, provide a clear area of at least 1 m 2 for every four passengers assigned to that station for marshalling and instruction. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 134
134 Every new ship that is a passenger ship shall have embarkation stations each of which provides (a) where a marine evacuation system is used, a clear area with enough space to allow a continuous and unencumbered flow of passengers from the muster station to the head of the evacuation system; or (b) in any other case and subject to section 135, a clear area of at least 1 m 2 for every two persons to be embarked into survival craft from that station. SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2001-179, s. 76(F)
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 135
135 Where a muster station and an embarkation station share a common area on a new ship that is a passenger ship, the common area shall provide at least 1 m 2 for every four persons to be mustered there and embarked into survival craft from there, in addition to the space required to launch the survival craft. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 136
136 Every embarkation station on a new ship that is a cargo ship shall have an area of at least 1 m 2 for every two persons to be embarked into survival craft from that station. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 137
137 Muster and embarkation stations for davit-launched survival craft on new ships shall be arranged so as to enable persons on stretchers to be placed in survival craft. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 138
138 Every muster station and every embarkation station shall be (a) readily accessible from accommodation and service areas; and (b) adequately illuminated, with lighting capable of being supplied from the ship’s emergency electrical power source. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 139
139 (1) Every approach route to a muster station or an embarkation station, including alley-ways, stairways and exits, shall be adequately illuminated, with lighting capable of being supplied from the ship’s emergency electrical power source. (2) Every ship shall be capable of supplying lighting to illuminate, during the preparation and launching of survival craft, the survival craft, their launching devices and the area of water into which they are to be launched. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 140
140 Where davits are required for lifeboats, rescue boats or emergency boats, a separate set of davits shall be provided for each boat. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 141
141 A survival craft under launching devices shall be capable of being launched with its full complement and equipment, under 10° of trim and listing 20°. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 142
142 (1) Where a life raft or an inflatable rescue platform is carried in such a position that it may be lost or damaged by weather or another cause, it shall be secured with a lashing that incorporates a senhouse slip, hydrostatic release or other quick-release device. (2) Every ship that is under 25 m in length shall carry its life rafts and inflatable rescue platforms (a) placed in deep chocks, without lashings, so as to float free if the ship sinks; or (b) secured by a lashing fitted with a hydrostatic release unit. SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2002-122, s. 7
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 143
143 (1) Survival craft that require launching devices shall be stowed as close to accommodation and service areas as possible. (2) Launching stations shall be located so that survival craft may be launched (a) safely, taking into account the clearance from the propeller and steeply overhanging portions of the hull; and (b) insofar as it is possible, down the straight side of the ship, unless the survival craft are specially designed for free-fall launching. (3) Where launching stations are positioned forward, they shall be located abaft the collision bulkhead in a sheltered position. (4) The preparation and handling of survival craft at any one launching station shall not interfere with the prompt handling of any other survival craft at any other station. (5) Every survival craft shall be stowed (a) as near the waterline as is safe and practicable; (b) so that, when in the embarkation position, it is not less than 2 m above the waterline when the ship is loaded with its full complement and equipment, under 10° of trim and listing by the lesser of 20° and the angle at which the ship’s weatherdeck edge becomes submerged; (c) in a state of continuous readiness so that two crew members may carry out preparation for embarking and launching in less than five minutes; and (d) in such a position as to prevent flooding by any discharge from the ship when the survival craft is being lowered to the water. (6) Paragraph (5)(b) does not apply to an inflatable life raft that does not require launching devices. SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2004-253, s. 4(F)
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 144
144 (1) Lifeboats for lowering down the side of the ship shall be stowed (a) on ships under 80 m in length, as far forward of the propeller as is practicable; (b) on cargo ships 80 m or over but under 120 m in length, so that the after end of the lifeboat is not less than the length of the lifeboat forward of the propeller; and (c) on passenger ships 80 m or over in length and cargo ships 120 m or over in length, so that the after end of the lifeboat is not less than 1.5 times the length of the lifeboat forward of the propeller. (2) Lifeboats in their stowed location shall be protected from damage by heavy seas insofar as it is practicable. (3) Lifeboats shall be stowed attached to their launching devices. (4) Lifeboats shall be capable of being launched, where necessary utilizing painters, with the ship making headway at speeds of up to five knots in calm water. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 145
145 (1) Life rafts shall be stowed so as to permit manual release from their securing arrangements. (2) Life rafts that are designed to be davit-launched shall be (a) stowed within reach of their lifting hooks; or (b) provided with a means of transfer that is not rendered inoperable by (i) the ship’s motion, (ii) a power failure, (iii) a list of 20° of the ship, or (iv) a trim of 10° of the ship. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 146
146 (1) On a passenger ship, every life raft that is boarded from a location on deck that is more than 4 m above the waterline of the ship in its lightest seagoing condition shall be davit-launched. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of an existing ship that is a Class II, Class III or Class IV ship referred to in (a) subparagraph 10(d)(ii); (b) subparagraph 11(c)(ii); (c) subparagraph 12(b)(ii); (d) subparagraph 14(d)(ii); or (e) paragraph 16(1)(d). (3) For greater certainty, (a) a Class III ship that, under section 15.1, complies with the requirements applicable to a Class IV ship, is deemed to be a Class IV ship for the purposes of subsection (2); and (b) a Class IV ship that, under section 16.1, complies with the requirements applicable to a Class V ship, is deemed to be a Class V ship for the purposes of subsection (2). SOR/96-218, s. 34 SOR/2023-257, s. 481
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 147
147 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if a life raft on a ship that is not a passenger ship is stowed more than 4 m above the waterline of the ship in its lightest seagoing condition, it shall be davit-launched unless it (a) has a mass of not more than 185 kg; or (b) is stowed for launching directly from the stowed position, from which it may be safely launched against a trim of 10° and a list of 20°. (2) If the ship carries life rafts for more than 200 per cent of the complement, those life rafts in excess of 200 per cent need not be davit-launched. SOR/96-218, s. 34; SOR/2001-179, s. 47
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 148
148 (1) Rescue boats and emergency boats shall be stowed (a) in a state of continuous readiness and capable of being launched in less than five minutes; and (b) in a location suitable for launching and recovery. (2) A rescue boat that is also a lifeboat shall meet the requirements of section 144. (3) Every rescue boat, when loaded with its full complement and equipment, shall be capable of being hoisted at a rate of not less than 0.3 m/s. (4) Every davit-launched rescue boat or emergency boat, when it is installed for the first time on a ship, shall be tested to ensure that it may be safely launched (a) from the ship when the rescue boat or emergency boat is loaded with a mass equal to 110 per cent of the total of its own mass and that of its full complement and equipment; (b) from a height of not more than 1 m above the water when the rescue boat or emergency boat is in its light condition, is suspended from its release mechanism at that height and is then released; and (c) from a height of not more than 1 m above the water when the rescue boat or emergency boat is loaded as described in paragraph (a), is suspended from its release mechanism at that height and is then released. (5) For the purpose of the test referred to in subsection (4), each member of the complement is assumed to have a mass of 75 kg. SOR/96-218, s. 34 SOR/2023-257, s. 482
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 149
149 (1) Where the survival craft of a ship are stowed in such a location that they may be damaged by the ship’s stabilizer wings, the ship shall be equipped with a means of bringing the stabilizer wings inboard that may be operated (a) from the navigating bridge; and (b) by the ship’s emergency source of power. (2) Indicators that are capable of being operated by the ship’s emergency source of power shall be provided on the navigating bridge to show the position of the stabilizer wings. SOR/96-218, s. 34
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 3. and 4
3. and 4 [Repealed, SOR/2001-179, s. 51]
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 5
5 Suitable boat equipment consists of (a) buoyant oars that are (i) sufficient in number to enable the complement to make headway in calm seas, and (ii) each provided with thole pins, crutches or equivalent arrangements that are attached to the suitable boat by lanyards or chains; (b) one buoyant bailer; (c) [Repealed, SOR/2001-179, s. 53] (d) one painter that is placed at the forward end and attached to a release device; (e) one buoyant line that is not less than 50 m in length and strong enough to tow a life raft that is loaded with 50 persons and its equipment; (f) one watertight electric flashlight suitable for Morse signalling, and, in a watertight container, one spare set of batteries and one spare bulb for the flashlight; (g) [Repealed, SOR/2001-179, s. 53] (h) two buoyant rescue quoits, each attached to not less than 30 m of buoyant line; (i) if the ship is engaged on a voyage other than a sheltered waters voyage, thermal protective aids for two persons or 10 per cent of the complement, whichever is greater; (j) one safety boat-hook; (k) if the boat is rigid, one knife or hatchet; and (l) if the boat has inflatable compartments, (i) one buoyant safety knife, (ii) one manually operated pump or bellows, and (iii) one repair kit in a watertight container for repairing punctures.
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 8
8 (1) A first aid kit that is carried on a survival craft consists, at a minimum, of (a) 32 adhesive absorbent dressings, each 7.5 cm × 2.2 cm and individually wrapped; (b) four bandage gauzes, each 5 cm × 4.6 m; (c) eight compress bandages, each 10 cm × 10 cm with 90-cm gauze tabs; (d) two sterile abdominal pads, each 15.2 cm × 20.3 cm; (e) six triangular, white muslin bandages, folded and compressed, each 91 cm × 96.5 cm × 137 cm; (f) 10 sterile eye pads, each 4.69 cm × 6.98 cm; (g) 120 mL of extra-ocular ophthalmic irrigating solution in an unbreakable bottle that shows a drug identification number and an expiry date; (h) one unbreakable plastic eyewash cup; (i) one wire splint, 9.5 cm × 60 cm; (j) 20 individual packs of ammonia inhalant; (k) 20 pads, impregnated with povidone and iodine, that show an expiry date; (l) one copy of Pocket Guide to Emergency First Aid , in English and French, published by St. John Ambulance; (m) a waterproof contents list and instruction sheet in English and French; (n) six safety pins; (o) one pair of stainless steel bandage scissors; and (p) one roll of waterproof adhesive tape, 2.5 cm × 4.5 m. (2) The first aid kit shall be placed in a container that is (a) watertight; (b) resealable; (c) fitted with a gasket to ensure a tight seal; and (d) made of a rigid plastic that is capable of withstanding temperatures of -30°C, such as acrylonitrile butadienestyrene (ABS) or high-impact polystyrene (HIPS).
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 1
1 (1) Lifeboats of Class 1 shall be open boats constructed with rigid sides and fitted with internal buoyancy appliances only, in accordance with Part III of this Schedule. (2) Lifeboats of Class 2 shall be open boats constructed in accordance with the requirements for a Class 1 lifeboat, but not fitted with internal buoyancy appliances, except in the case of lifeboats constructed of non-buoyant material, as described in Part III of this Schedule. (3) Except where otherwise specified, a lifeboat shall be not less than 4.9 m in length. (4) To facilitate aerial observation, all upper surfaces of a lifeboat shall be a highly visible shade of orange or yellow. (5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), a lifeboat with a rigid shelter may be approved if the lifeboat can be readily opened from both inside and outside, and the shelter does not impede rapid embarkation and disembarkation or the launching and handling of the lifeboat. (6) A motor lifeboat that is fitted with means for preventing the entry of water at the fore end may be approved.
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 2
2 (1) [Repealed, SOR/96-218, s. 40] (2) Every lifeboat shall have affixed to it retro-reflective tape that is (a) manufactured in accordance with (i) CGSB Specification (A) No. 62-GP-11 for the type prescribed therein with the highest level of reflectivity, or (B) No. 62-GP-12 for all rigid surfaces, and (ii) CGSB Specification No. 62-GP-12 for all flexible surfaces; and (b) arranged as shown in the following diagrams. GRAPHIC IS NOT DISPLAYED, SEE C.R.C., C. 1436, PP. 12351 AND 12352 (3) The retro-reflective tape referred to in subsection (2) shall be in sections (a) not less than 50 mm in width; (b) not less than 300 mm in length; (c) so spaced that the distance between the centres of adjacent sections is not more than 500 mm; and (d) fitted (i) on top of the gunwale as shown in the diagrams set out in that subsection, (ii) on the outside of the lifeboat as near the gunwale as possible, as shown in the diagrams set out in that subsection, and (iii) on the top of the canopy or exposure cover, in the form of crosses as shown in the diagrams set out in that subsection. (4) The canopy or exposure cover shall not obscure the retro-reflective tape sections on the side of the lifeboat.
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — Life Saving Equipment Regulations
GRAPHIC IS NOT DISPLAYED, SEE C.R.C., C. 1436, PP. 12351 AND 12352
Life Saving Equipment Regulations — 3
3 (1) Lifeboats shall be properly constructed for the purpose for which they are intended and shall be of such form and proportions as to have ample stability in a seaway, and sufficient freeboard when loaded with their full complement of persons and equipment. (2) All lifeboats shall be capable of maintaining positive stability when open to the sea and loaded with their full complement of persons and equipment.