SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA ^^^ 



CHAPTER ni.— LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, &c. 



Regulation 1 



Application 



(a) This Chapter, except where it is otherwise expressly provided, applies 

 as follows to new ships engaged on international voyages : — 



Part A — Passenger ships and cargo ships. 

 Part B — Passenger ships. 

 Part C — Cargo ships. 



(b) In the case of existing ships engaged on international voyages and 

 which do not already comply with the provisions of this Chapter relating to 

 new ships, the arrangements in each ship shall be considered by the Admini- 

 stration with a view to securing, so far as this is practicable and reasonable, 

 and as early as possible, substantial compliance with the requirements of this 

 Chapter. The proviso to sub-paragraph (b) (i) of Regulation 27 of this 

 Chapter may, however, be applied to existing ships only if: — 



(i) the provisions of Regulations 4, 8, 14, 18 and 19, and paragraphs (a) 

 and (/)) of Regulation 27 of this Chapter are complied with; 



(ii) the liferafts carried in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) 

 of Regulation 27 comply with the requirements of either Regu- 

 lation 15 or Regulation 16, and of Regulation 17 of this Chapter; 

 and 



(iii) the total number of persons on board shall not be increased as the 

 result of the provision of liferafts. 



PART A.— GENERAL 



(Part A applies to both passenger ships and cargo ships) 



Regulation 2 



Definitions 



(a) For the purposes of this Chapter the expression " short international 

 voyage " means an international voyage in the course of which a ship is not 

 more than 200 miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew 

 could be placed in safety, and which does not exceed 600 miles in length 

 between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and 

 the final port of destination. 



(b) For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression " liferaft " means a 

 liferaft complying with either Regulation 15 or Regulation 16 of this Chapter. 



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