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CAP. 281]

Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations.

[1969 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

Second Schedule.

Ships of Class B.

(Cap. 281.)

First Schedule,

with column 2 of Part I of the table set out in the Second Schedule to these regulations.

(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 I.

(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 118 of the Ordinance and rule 48 of the Rules (as modified by regulation 2 of these regulations), be fitted, in accordance with its length, with the number of sets of davits specified in column (A) of the table set out in the First Schedule to these regulations:

Provided that—

(i) 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 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 total number of persons which the ship is certified to carry.

(b) The following provisions are substituted for the provisions

contained in paragraph (5) of rule 3 of the Rules—

(i) Where the lifeboats carried in compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Rule (as modified by this