First Schedule.
First Schedule.
Second Schedule.
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(b) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions con-
tained in paragraph (3) of Rule 4 of the Rules-
A lifeboat 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 the fore- going provisions of this Rule (as modified by this regulation) dot not provide accommodation for eighty per cent of the total number of persons which the ship is certified to carry or the minimum aggregate capacity determined in accordance with 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 accommo- dation. 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 man- ner as the Director may determine but not so as to impede the efficient operation of the two emergency boats carried in com- pliance 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 column (B) of the table set out in the First Schedule to these regulations, one of such life- boats shall be a Class A motor lifeboat or a Class B motor lifeboat or a mechanically propelled lifeboat.
(e) The following provisions shall be 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 F.
(3) Rule 33 of the Rules shall apply to lifeboats carried in ships of Class F 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.
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10. (1) Except as otherwise specified in this regulation the Rules Ships of shall not apply to ships of Class G.
Class 0.
(2) Every ship of Class G shall be provided with a number of sets of davits determined in accordance with column 2 of the table set out in the Fourth Schedule to these regulations to which shall Fourth be attached lifebouts which shall comply with the provisions relating Schedule, te Class C lifeboats contained in the Rules and shall be of not less than the minimum aggregate capacity determined in accordance with column 3 of that table.
(3) Where in the case of any ship of Class G the lifeboats required to be carried in accordance with paragraph (2) do not provide accommodation for forty per cent of the total number of persons which the ship is certified to carry, such ship shall carry such additional lifeboats, corresponding to such Class C, or inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus, which shall comply with the provisions relating to inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus, as the case may be, contained in the Rules, as will, together with the boats required to be carried in accordance with paragraph (2), provide accommodation for not less than forty per cent of such pers015.
(4) Every ship of Class G shall carry not less than a number of lifebuoys determined in accordance with column 2 of Part I of the table set out in the Second Schedule ta these regulations not less than Second two of such lifebuoys situated one on each side of the ship being Schedule. provided with self-igniting lights which cannot be extinguished in
water.
(5) Every ship of Class G shall carry one lifejacket which shall comply with the provisions relating to lifejackets contained in the Rules, for each person the ship is certified to carry.
(6) Every ship of Class G shall carry a line throwing appliance which shall comply with the provisions relating to line throwing appliances contained in the Rules.
(7) Every ship of Class G shall be provided with not less than twelve pyrotechnic distress signals which shall be either parachute distress rocket signals of a type complying with the provisions of the Rules relating to such signals or red hand flares capable of emitting five red stars into the air to a height of not less than one hundred and fifty feet.
11. The Rules shall apply to ships of Class H in the same manner Ships of as they apply to ships of Class VIII.
Clase M.
12. (1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the Rules Ships of shall apply to ships of Class J in the same manner as they apply to Clas. J. ships of Class IX.
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