Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)SchedulesSecond ScheduleProtocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974AnnexChapter III : Live-Saving Appliances, etc.Part B — Passenger Ships OnlyRegulation 33 : Buoyant apparatus |
| (a) | No type of buoyant apparatus shall be approved unless it satisfies the following conditions: |
| (i) | It shall be of such size and strength that it can be thrown from the place where it is stowed into the water without being damaged. |
| (ii) | It shall not exceed 180 kilogrammes (400 lbs.) in weight unless suitable means to the satisfaction of the Administration are provided to enable it to be launched without lifting by hand. |
| (iii) | It shall be of approved material and construction. |
| (iv) | It shall be effective and stable when floating either way up. |
| (v) | The air cases or equivalent buoyancy shall be placed as near as possible to the sides of the apparatus, and such buoyancy shall not be dependent upon inflation. |
| (vi) | It shall be fitted with a painter and have a line securely becketed round the outside. |
| (b) | The number of persons for which buoyant apparatus is certified shall be the number— |
| (i) | ascertained by dividing the number of kilogrammes of iron which it is capable of supporting in fresh water by 14,5 (or the number of pounds divided by 32); or |
| (ii) | equal to the number of millimetres in the perimeter divided by 305 (or the number of feet in the perimeter), whichever is the less. |