1969 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations.
[CAP. 281
K9
[Subsidiary]
(c) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions contained in paragraph (5) of rule 4 of the Rules-
Where the lifeboats carried in compliance with this rule (as modified by this regulation) do not provide accommodation for eighty per cent of the total number of persons which the ship is certified to carry or the minimum cubic capacity specified in column (E) of the table set out in the First Schedule to these regulations, whichever is the less, additional sets of davits with lifeboats attached shall be fitted so far as is practicable in the circumstances to make up the deficiency in such accommodation. If in the opinion of the Director it is not practicable to fit such additional sets of davits, additional lifeboats or, in the discretion of the Director, such approved liferafts or other approved buoyant apparatus as he may think fit to make up the deficiency shall be carried, such additional lifeboats or such liferafts or buoyant apparatus being stowed in such manner as the Director may determine but not so as to impede the efficient operation of the two emergency boats carried in compliance with paragraph (4) of this rule.
(d) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions contained in paragraph (11) of rule 4 of the Rules-
Where the number of lifeboats carried in compliance with this rule (as modified by these regulations) is thirteen or less and the ship is fitted with the minimum number of sets of davits determined in accordance with column (B) of the table set out in the First Schedule to these regulations, one of such lifeboats shall be a Class A motor lifeboat or a Class B motor lifeboat or a mechanically propelled lifeboat.
(e) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions contained in paragraph (16) of rule 4 of the Rules-
Every ship to which this rule applies shall carry at least the number of lifebuoys determined in accordance with column 2 of Part I of the table set out in the Second Schedule to these regulations.
(f) The provisions of paragraphs (6), (7), (12) and (15) of rule 4 of the Rules shall not apply to ships of Class C.
(3) Rule 33 of the Rules shall apply to lifeboats carried in ships of Class C in the same manner as such rule applies to lifeboats carried in ships of Class I subject to the following modification, namely, that the Director may in his discretion authorize the omission of biscuits and condensed milk from the rations to be carried in such boats.
First Schedule.
First Schedule.
Second Schedule.