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SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA 



(vii) The Administration may permit individual ships or classes of shi 

 with short international voyage certificates to proceed on voyages in excess 

 600 miles but not exceeding 1,200 miles if such ships comply with the 

 provisions of paragraph (d) of Regulation 1 of Chapter II, if they carry 

 lifeboats which provide for 75 per cent, of the persons on board and otherwise 

 comply with the provisions of this paragraph. 





Regulation 28 



Table relating to Davits and Lifeboat Capacity for Ships on Short 

 International Voyages 



The following table fixes according to the length of the ship — 



(A) the minimum number of sets of davits to be provided on a ship 



engaged on short international voyages to each of which must be 

 attached a lifeboat in accordance with Regulation 27 of this 

 Chapter; 



(B) the smaller number of sets of davits which may be authorised 



exceptionally on a ship engaged on short international voyages 

 under Regulation 27; and 



(C) the minimum lifeboat capacity required for a ship engaged on short 



international voyages. 



Note on (C).— Where the length of the ship is under 100 feet (or 31 metres) or over 550 feet 

 (or 168 metres) the minimum number of sets of davits and the cubic capacity of the lifeboats 

 shaU be prescribed by the Administration. 



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