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(c) For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression " approved launching 

 device " means a device approved by the Administration, capable of launching 

 from the embarkation position a liferaft fully loaded with the number of 

 persons it is permitted to carry and with its equipment. 



(d) For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression " certificated lifeboat- 

 man " means any member of the crew who holds a certificate of efficiency 

 issued under the provisions of Regulation 32 of this Chapter. 



(e) For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression " buoyant apparatus " 

 means flotation equipment (other than lifeboats, liferafts, lifebuoys and life- 

 jackets) designed to support a specified number of persons who are in the 

 water and of such construction that it retains its shape and properties. 



Regulation 3 



Exemptions 



(a) The Administration, if it considers that the sheltered nature and 

 conditions of the voyage are such as to render the application of the full 

 requirements of this Chapter unreasonable or unnecessary, may to that extent 

 exempt from the requirements of this Chapter individual ships or classes of 

 ships which, in the course of their voyage, do not go more than 20 miles 

 from the nearest land. 



(b) In the case of passenger ships engaged on international voyages which 

 are employed in the carriage of large numbers of unberthed passengers in 

 special trades, such, for example, as the pilgrim trade, the Administration, if 

 satisfied that it is impracticable to enforce compliance with the requirements 

 of this Chapter, may exempt such ships from those requirements on the 

 following conditions : — 



(i) that the fullest provision which the circumstances of the trade will 

 permit shall be made in the matter of lifeboats and other life-saving 

 appliances and fire protection; 



(ii) that all such boats and appliances shall be readily available within the 

 meaning of Regulation 4 of this Chapter; 



(iii) that a lifejacket shall be provided for every person on board; 



(iv) that steps shall be taken to formulate general rules which shall be 

 applicable to the particular circumstances of these trades. Such 

 rules shall be formulated in concert with such other Contracting 

 Governments, if any, as may be directly interested in the carriage 

 of such passengers in such trades. 



Notwithstanding any provisions of the present Convention the Simla Rules, 

 1931, shall continue in force as between the Parties to those Rules until the 

 rules formulated under sub-paragraph (6)(iv) of this Regulation come into 

 force. 



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