Ships of Class B.
(14 of 1953).
First Schedule.
First
Schedule.
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(d) The provisions of paragraph (12) of Rule 3 of the Rules shall
not apply to ships of Class A.
(3) Rule 33 of the Rules shall apply to lifeboats carried in ships of Class A 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 a reduction, not exceeding one half, in the quantity of condensed milk required to be carried by such lifeboats.
5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the Rules shall apply to ships of Class B in the same manner as they apply to ships of Class 1.
(2) Rule 3 of the Rules shall apply to ships of Class B subject to the following modifications-
(a) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions:
contained in paragraph (2) of Rule 3 of the Rules-
Every ship to which this Rule applies shall, subject to the provisions of section 115 of the Ordinance and Rule 49 of the Rules (as modified by regulation 2 of these regulations), be fitted, in accordance with its length, with the number of scts of davits specified in columa (A) of the table set out in the First Schedule to these regulations;
Provided that-
() if in the opinion of the Director it is not practicable to place on any particular ship the number of davits specified in such column (A) and the total capacity of the lifeboats carried in such ship is not less than the minimum aggregate capacity specified in column (F) of such table, then the Director may authorizs, if in all the circumstances be is satisfed that it is safe and expedient, auch lesser number of sets of davits, not being less than the number specified in column (B) of the table, as he may think fit; and
(ii) no ship shall be required to be fitted with a number of sets of davits greater than the number of lifeboats required to accommodate the total number of persons which the ship it) certified to carry.
(b) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions
contained in paragraph (5) of Rule 3 of the Rutes-
(i) Where the lifeboats carried in compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Rule (as modified by this regula-j tion) do not provide accommodation for the total number of persons which the ship is certified to carry or the minimum cubic capacity specified in column (F) 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 apparatua 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.
(U) In the case of ships of Class B engaged on voyages in Area B specified in the Third Schedule to these regulations Third where the lifeboats carried in compliance with the foregoing Schedule, provisions of this Rule (as modified by this regulation) do not accommodate eighty per cent of the total number of persons which the ship is certified to carry, or the minimum cubic capacity specified in column (F) of the First Schedule First to these regulations, whichever is the less, additional sets of Schedule. davits with lifeboats attached shall be fitted so far as is practic- able 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 buoyant apparatus as he may think fit to make up the deficiency shall be carried, such additional life- boats 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 required to be carried in compliance with paragraph (4) of this Rule.
(c) The following provisions are substituted for the provisiona
contained in paragraph (13) of Rule 3 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 Second these regulations.
Schedule.
(d) The provisions of paragraph (12) of Rule 3 of the Rules shall
not apply to ships of Class B.
(3) Rule 33 of the Rules shall apply to lifeboats carried in ships of Class B in the same manner as such Rule applies to lifeboats carried in ships of Class I subject to the following modifications-
(a) the Director may in his discretion authorize a reduction, not exceeding one half, in the quantity of condensed milk required to be carried in such lifeboats; and
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