Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00338:reg:86:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00338
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 86 (pt 7/9)
Character Range: 38789–41533

the vessel has a communication link to shore based support — the activated link at least once a year;
(e) any seafarer with damage control drill responsibilities must demonstrate the ability to:
 (i) operate watertight doors and closures; and
 (ii) if fitted — use the flooding detection system and the cross-flooding and equalisation systems.

7 Recovery of lifeboats used as rescue boats
       For a lifeboat that is a rescue boat, the owner must ensure that:
(a) it is capable of being recovered safely after use as a rescue boat; and
(b) training is carried out each time the lifeboat is launched for a drill in accordance with clause 2; and
(c) the instructions are compatible with the particular arrangements on each vessel, and documented in the vessel's safety management system.

Schedule 2 Atmosphere sampling equipment, measuring equipment and related procedures
(section 25)

1 Portable gas detectors
      (1) The following vessels must have a portable gas detector:
(a) an oil tanker;
(b) a chemical tanker;
(c) a gas carrier;
(d) a cargo vessel carrying any substance that may give off combustible gases;
(e) a vessel that carries a substance likely to deplete the oxygen concentration in a space;
(f) a vessel where a person may have to enter a confined space;
(g) any other vessel to which Chapter I of SOLAS applies.
      (2) The gas detector must indicate:
(a) the percentage of oxygen by volume in the sample tested; and
(b) the combustible gas concentration as a percentage of the lower explosive limit (LEL) or lower flammable limit (LFL); and
(c) the concentration of hydrogen sulphide and carbon monoxide in parts per million.

2 Cargo spaces on tankers with inert gas capability
      (1) The following vessels must have a portable gas detector capable of accurately measuring hydrocarbon percentage by volume in an inert atmosphere:
(a) an oil tanker with inert gas capability;
(b) a chemical tanker with inert gas capability;
(c) a liquefied gas carrier.
      (2) The owner of a vessel with a flue gas generated inert gas system must ensure that the gas detector is designed to operate in inert gas containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide.

3 Detection of other gases
      (1) The following vessels must carry the equipment and information mentioned in subclause (2):
(a) a vessel carrying cargo that may give off toxic, corrosive or other gases;
(b) a vessel on which a person may enter a confined space that may contain a harmful gas that is not hydrogen sulphide or carbon monoxide.
      (2) The equipment and information required is:
(a) an instrument or instruments, with instructions for use, capable of detecting those gases and indicating their proportions, either as a direct reading of parts per