CAP. 281]
Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations.
[1969 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
First Schedule.
Provided that-
(i) if in the opinion of the Director it is not practicable to place on any particular ship the number of sets of davits determined in accordance with such column (A) in the case of any ship certified to carry more than twelve berthed passengers and the total capacity of the lifeboats carried in such ship is not less than the minimum aggregate capacity determined in accordance with column (E) of the 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 minimum number determined in accordance with column (B) of the table, as he may think fit; and
(ii) no ship shall be required to be fitted with a number of davits greater than the number of lifeboats required to accommodate the total number of persons which the ship is certified to carry.
(b) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions contained 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 foregoing provisions of 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 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 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
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CAP. 281]
Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations.
[1969 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
First Schedule.
Provided that-
(i) if in the opinion of the Director it is not practicable to place on any particular ship the number of sets of davits determined in accordance with such column (A) in the case of any ship certified to carry more than twelve berthed passengers and the total capacity of the lifeboats carried in such ship is not less than the mini- mum aggregate capacity determined in accordance with column (E) of the 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 minimum number determined in ac- cordance with column (B) of the table, as he may think fit; and
(ii) no ship shall be required to be fitted with a number of davits greater than the number of lifeboats required to accommodate the total number of persons which the ship is certified to carry.
(b) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions
contained 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 foregoing provisions of 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 aggregate capacity determined in accordance with column (E) of the table set out in the First Schedule to these regulations, which- ever 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 accom- modation. 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 ap- proved liferafts or other approved buoyant apparatus as he may think fit to make up the deficiency shall be car- ried, 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 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
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