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sels of davits specified in column (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 aggregat capacity specified in column (E) of such table, then the Director may authorize, if in all the circumstances he is satisfied that it is safe and expedient, such 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 number of persons which the ship is certified to carry.
(b) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions
contained in paragraph (3) of Rufc 4 of the Rules-
A Bfeboat shall be attached to every set of davits. (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 sixty 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 this regulation) is thirteen or less and the ship is fitted with the minimum number of sets of
davits determined in accordance with columa (B) of the table set out in the First Schedule to these regulations, one of such First lifeboats shall be a class A motor lifeboat or a Class B motor Schedule. 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 Second regulations.
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(The provisions of paragraphs (6), (7), (12) and (15) of Rule 4
of the Rules shall not apply to ships of Class D.
(3) Rule 33 of the Rules shall apply to lifeboats carried in ships of Class D 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 by such boats,
(4) In the case of any ship of Class D engaged on short inter- national voyages in Area D specified in the Third Schedule to these Third regulations between ports of a British possession within the meaning of Schedule. section 735 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or any place outside Her Majesty's dominions in which Her Majesty has jurisdiction within the meaning of section 737 of that Act, the Director may, if in all the circumstances he finds it safe and expedient, accept lifeboats of Class C in lieu of lifeboats of Class A provided that he is satisfied that as many Lifeboats of Class A are carried as the circumstances of the particular trade upon which such ship is engaged permit.
8. (1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the Rules shall Ships of apply to ships of Class E in the same manner as they apply to ships of Class E. Class 1.
(2) Rule 3 of the Rules shall apply to ships of Class E 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 of Rule 48 of (14 of 1953). the Rules (as modified by regulation 2 of these regulations). be fitted, in accordance with its length, with the number of sels of davits determined-
(i) in the case of ships certified to carry more than twelve berthed passengers, in accordance with column (A) of the table set out in the First Schedule to these regulations; and
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