Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Schedules

Second Schedule

Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974

Annex

Chapter III : Live-Saving Appliances, etc.

Part A — General

Regulation 4 : Ready availability of lifeboats, liferafts and buoyant apparatus

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(a)The general principle governing the provision of lifeboats, liferafts and buoyant apparatus in a ship to which this Chapter applies is that they shall be readily available in case of emergency.

 

(b)To be readily available, the lifeboats, liferafts and buoyant apparatus shall comply with the following conditions:
(i)They shall be capable of being put into the water safely and rapidly even under unfavourable conditions of trim and of 15 degree of list;
(ii)it shall be possible to effect embarkation into the lifeboats and liferafts rapidly and in good order;
(iii)the arrangement of each lifeboat, liferaft and article of buoyant apparatus shall be such that it will not interfere with the operation of other boats, liferafts and buoyant apparatus.

 

(c)All the lifesaving appliances shall be kept in working order and available for immediate use before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage.