Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00336:reg:5:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00336
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 6/9)
Character Range: 40805–43563

(iii) meets:
(A) AS/NZS 4280.1:2017 406 MHz satellite distress beacons — Marine emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRB), as amended from time to time; or
(B) another standard approved by AMSA.
Note 1   Depending on the vessel's intended area of operation, a Class 3, 406 MHz beacon as described in AS/NZS 4280.1:2017, as amended from time to time, may be suitable for a liferaft.  A Class 3 beacon, however, is not suitable for use in temperatures below -20ºC.  Under section 8 of this Order, AMSA may exempt a ship from the requirement that a liferaft carry an EPIRB.  Serialised coding of EPIRBs is recommended.
Note 2   See AMSA's website at http://www.amsa.gov.au for information about how to register a 406 MHz EPIRB.
      (2) For paragraph 4.1.5.2 of the LSA Code, a liferaft must be marked 'SOLAS A PACK' if it complies with the LSA Code as varied by subclause (1).
      (3) If AMSA has exercised the discretion mentioned in paragraph 4.1.5.3 of the LSA Code to reduce the quantity of items of equipment carried in a liferaft on a passenger vessel engaged on voyages other than overseas voyages, and the liferaft otherwise complies with the LSA Code as varied by subclause (1), the liferaft must be marked as follows:
(a) if the minimum equipment is carried — 'SOLAS B PACK';
(b) if the equipment carried is more than the B Pack standard but less than the A Pack standard — 'SOLAS B+ PACK'.

11 Lifeboat propulsion
[LSA Code, paragraph 4.4.6]
       The batteries for a lifeboat:
       (a)      must be totally sealed; and
       (b)      must not emit hydrogen during charging.

12 Lifeboat equipment
[LSA Code, paragraph 4.4.8]
       The normal equipment of a lifeboat mentioned in paragraph 4.4.8 of the LSA Code is varied as follows:
(a) a compass must comply with clause 4.6 of ISO 18813:2006: Ships and marine technology - Survival equipment for survival craft and rescue boats or an equivalent international standard approved by AMSA;
(b) a sea-anchor, whether installed or spare, must comply with ISO 17339:2002: Ships and marine technology - Sea anchors for survival craft and rescue boats or an equivalent international standard approved by AMSA;
(c) the first-aid outfit must comply with Schedule 2;
(d) the manual pump required for bailing must comply with clause 4.3 of ISO 18813:2006 or an equivalent international standard approved by AMSA;
(e) a motor lifeboat must carry 2 portable fire extinguishers suitable for extinguishing oil fires that are approved by an issuing body.

13 Rescue boat equipment
[(LSA Code, paragraph 5.1.2]
       AMSA may approve a search and rescue locating device that is stowed in a rescue boat as an equivalent to an efficient radar reflector mentioned in paragraph 5.1.2.2 of the LSA Code