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Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
Enabling Statute: Canada Shipping Act
Life Saving Equipment Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1436)
Disclaimer: These documents are not the official versions (more).
Full Document for Printing [1019K]
Regulation current to September 15, 2006
Table of contents (Details)
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 | LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS |
| | SHORT TITLE |
| | INTERPRETATION |
| | APPLICATION |
| | Where Regulations Do Not Apply |
| | Where Regulations Apply |
| | GENERAL |
| | Classes of Ships |
| | Additional Equipment |
| | Marine Evacuation Systems |
| | PART I: EQUIPMENT TO BE CARRIED BY EXISTING SHIPS |
| | Upgrading Provisions for Existing Ships |
| | Class I Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage and are (i) Safety Convention ships that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on long international voyages, or (ii) ships that are not Safety Convention ships and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on foreign voyages or home-trade voyages, Class I) |
| | Class II Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage and are (i) Safety Convention ships that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on short international voyages, or (ii) ships that are not Safety Convention ships and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on home-trade voyages, Class II) |
| | Class III Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on home-trade voyages, Class III, or inland voyages, Class I) |
| | Class IV Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on inland voyages, Class II or minor waters voyages, Class I) |
| | Class V Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on home-trade voyages, Class IV, or minor waters voyages, Class II) |
| | Class VI Ships (Ships that are not over five tons gross tonnage and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers) |
| | Class VII Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are certified to carry passengers, are not self-propelled and are towed or pushed by a ship or operated by a cable) |
| | Class VIII Ships [reserved] |
| | Class IX Ships (Ships that are over 15 tons gross tonnage and are (i) Safety Convention ships that are not certified to carry passengers, or that are certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers, on international voyages, or (ii) ships that are not Safety Convention ships and that are not certified to carry passengers, or that are certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers, on foreign voyages or home-trade voyages, Class I) |
| | Class X Ships (Ships that are over 15 tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are not certified to carry passengers, or are certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers, on home-trade voyages, Class II, home-trade voyages, Class III, home-trade voyages, Class IV, inland voyages, Class I, inland voyages, Class II, minor waters voyages, Class I, or minor waters voyages, Class II) |
| | Class XI Ships (Ships that are over 15 tons gross tonnage, are not certified to carry passengers but carry a crew, are not self-propelled and are towed or pushed by a ship or operated by a cable) |
| | PART II: EQUIPMENT TO BE CARRIED BY NEW SHIPS |
| | Class I Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage and are (i) Safety Convention ships that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on long international voyages, or (ii) ships that are not Safety Convention ships and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on foreign voyages or home-trade voyages, Class I) |
| | Class II Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage and are (i) Safety Convention ships that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on short international voyages, or (ii) ships that are not Safety Convention ships and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on home-trade voyages, Class II) |
| | Class III Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on home-trade voyages, Class III, or inland voyages, Class I) |
| | Class IV Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on inland voyages, Class II, or minor waters voyages, Class I) |
| | Class V Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are certified to carry more than 12 passengers on home-trade voyages, Class IV, or minor waters voyages, Class II) |
| | Class VI Ships (Ships that are not over five tons gross tonnage and that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers) |
| | Class VII Ships (Ships that are over five tons gross tonnage, are certified to carry passengers, are not self-propelled and are towed or pushed by a ship or operated by a cable) |
| | Class VIII Ships [Reserved] |
| | Class IX Ships (Ships that are over 15 tons gross tonnage and are (i) Safety Convention ships that are not certified to carry passengers, or that are certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers, on international voyages, or (ii) ships that are not Safety Convention ships and that are not certified to carry passengers, or that are certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers, on foreign voyages or home-trade voyages, Class I) |
| | Class X Ships (Ships that are over 15 tons gross tonnage, are not Safety Convention ships and are not certified to carry passengers, or are certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers, on home-trade voyages, Class II, home-trade voyages, Class III, home-trade voyages, Class IV, inland voyages, Class I, inland voyages, Class II, minor waters voyages, Class I, or minor waters voyages, Class II) |
| | Class XI Ships (Ships that are over 15 tons gross tonnage, are not certified to carry passengers but carry a crew, are not self-propelled and are towed or pushed by a ship or operated by a cable) |
| | PART III: OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND EQUIPMENT STANDARDS |
| | Life Saving Equipment Plans |
| | Evacuation Plans |
| | Evacuation of New Ships, Class IX |
| | Maintenance, Servicing and Training |
| | Equipment Requiring Board Approval |
| | Buoyant Apparatus |
| | Pyrotechnic Distress Signals |
| | Survival Craft VHF Radiotelephone Apparatus |
| | SARTs |
| | Class II EPIRBs |
| | Immersion Suits |
| | Lifejackets |
| | Signs |
| | Launching Devices |
| | Securing and Packing of Lifeboat, Rescue Boat and Emergency Boat Equipment |
| | Lifebuoys and Lifebuoy Equipment |
| | Means of Embarkation into Survival Craft |
| | Muster Stations and Embarkation Stations |
| | Stowage and Handling of Survival Craft |
| | SCHEDULE I: EQUIPMENT FOR LIFE RAFTS AND INFLATABLE RESCUE PLATFORMS |
| | SCHEDULE II: EQUIPMENT TO BE CARRIED BY LIFEBOATS, RESCUE BOATS, EMERGENCY BOATS AND SUITABLE BOATS |
| | SCHEDULE III: SHIPS DISTRESS SIGNALS (For lifebuoy lights see Schedule XIV) |
| | SCHEDULE IV: SERVICING REQUIREMENTS FOR INFLATABLE SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT |
| | SCHEDULE V: LIFEBOAT STANDARDS FOR EXISTING SHIPS |
| | TABLE I: STANDARD SCANTLINGS (FINISHED SIZES) FOR WOOD LIFEBOATS |
| | TABLE III: LIFTING HOOKS FOR LIFEBOATS |
| | Standard Sizes for Lifting Hooks of Round Section, and Keel Plates |
| | TABLE IV: DETAILS OF LIFTING HOOKS |
| | TABLE V: DETAILS OF KEEL CONNECTION |
| | TABLE VI: DETAILS OF KEEL CONSTRUCTION |
| | TABLE VII: LIFTING HOOKS FOR BOATS 4.9 M AND UNDER |
| | SCHEDULE V.1: LIFEBOAT STANDARDS FOR NEW SHIPS |
| | SCHEDULE VI: MEANS OF EMBARKATION INTO SURVIVAL CRAFT |
| | SCHEDULE VII: RESCUE BOATS AND EMERGENCY BOATS |
| | SCHEDULE VIII: LIFE RAFTS AND INFLATABLE RESCUE PLATFORMS |
| | SCHEDULE IX: LAUNCHING DEVICES AND RECOVERY ARRANGEMENTS |
| | SCHEDULE X |
| | SCHEDULE XI |
| | SCHEDULE XII: LINE-THROWING APPLIANCES |
| | SCHEDULE XIII: THERMAL PROTECTIVE AIDS |
| | SCHEDULE XIV: LIFEBUOYS AND LIFEBUOY EQUIPMENT |
| | SCHEDULE XV: SUITABLE BOATS AND APPROVED BOATS ON EXISTING SHIPS |
| | SCHEDULES XVI and XVII |
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