Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules, 1983.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: Table showing minimum numbers of sets of davits and cubic capacity of lifeboats in ships of Classes II and II(A)... ...
num: 2
paragraphs: Table showing minimum numbers of sets of davits in ships of Classes III and IV...
num: 3
paragraphs: General requirements for lifeboats... ...
num: 4
paragraphs: Calculation of cubic capacity of lifeboats...
num: 5
paragraphs: Part I Machinery of motor lifeboats...
Part II Machinery of inflatable boats...
num: 6
paragraphs: Machinery of mechanically propelled lifeboats... ... ... ... ...
num: 7
paragraphs: Requirements for Class C boats... ...
num: 8
paragraphs: Requirements for inflatable boats:
Part I General requirements... ...
Part II Lifting arrangements... ...
num: 9
paragraphs: Requirements for liferafts:
Part I Inflatable liferafts... ...
Part II Rigid liferafts... ... ...
num: 10
paragraphs: Requirements for buoyant apparatus...
num: 11
paragraphs: Requirements for lifebuoys...
num: 12
paragraphs: Requirements for lifebuoy marker smoke signals... ... ... ... ...
num: 13
paragraphs: Requirements for lifejackets... ... ...
num: 14
paragraphs: Requirements for line-throwing appliances...
num: 15
paragraphs: Specifications of equipment for lifeboats, boats and liferafts:
Part I Compasses for lifeboats ...
Part II Sea anchors for lifeboats and boats other than Class C boats
Part III Parachute distress rocket signals for lifeboats and liferafts
Part IV Hand-held distress flare signals for lifeboats and liferafts...
Part V Buoyant smoke signals for lifeboats... ... ...
Part VI First aid outfits for lifeboats and liferafts... ... ...
Part VII Manual pumps for lifeboats...
num: 16
paragraphs: Davits and lifeboat launching gear:
Part I General ... ... ...
Part II Construction ... ... ...
Part III Tests after installation on board... ... ... ...
num: 17
paragraphs: Launching devices... ... ... ...
num: 18
paragraphs: Lifeboat disengaging gears... ... ...
num: 19
paragraphs: Liferaft launching appliances... ... ...
num: 20
paragraphs: Ship's parachute distress rocket signals...
num: 21
paragraphs: Ship's two star red distress rocket signals...
num: 22
paragraphs: Areas of smooth waters and partially smooth waters... ... ... ... ... ...
S.I. No. 302 of 1983.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIFESAVING APPLIANCES) RULES, 1983
I, JAMES MITCHELL, Minister for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 427 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (as amended by section II of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952 (No. 29 of 1952) and section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1966 (No. 20 of 1966)), the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), and the Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1980 ), hereby make the following rules:—
PART I— PRELIMINARY
1 Citation, commencement, interpretation, application and revocation.
num: 1
paragraphs: (1) These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules 1983 and shall come into operation on 1st day of December, 1983.
(2) In these Rules:
"Buoyant apparatus" means flotation equipment (other than lifebuoys and lifejackets) designed to support persons who are in the water;
"Certificated lifeboatman" means any member of the crew who holds a certificate issued by or under the authority of the Minister in accordance with the conditions laid down in Rule 46(2) of these Rules or any member of the crew who holds a certificate issued by or under the authority of any government outside the State which is accepted by the Minister as being the equivalent of any certificate issued by or under the authority of the Minister;
"Certified" means certified by a certificate issued under section 274 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;
"Class C boat" means a boat complying with the provisions of Rule 27 of these Rules;