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30.—(1) Arrangements shall be made to ensure that it is possible to effect embarkation into the lifeboats, Class C boats, inflated boats and other boats, and liferafts rapidly and in good order.
(2) In every ship arrangements shall be made for warning the passengers and crew when the ship is about to be abandoned.
(3) (a) In ships of Classes VII, VII(T), VIII, VIII(T), VIII(A), VIII(A)(T), IX and XI and XII one ladder shall be carried at each set of lifeboat davits where the davits are capable of lowering the lifeboat when loaded with its full complement of persons and its equipment.
(b)In ships of Classes I, II and II(A) and Class VII(A) similar provision shall be made, except that in such ships such ladders may be replaced by suitable mechanical devices: provided that there shall not be less than one ladder on each side of the ship,
(c)In ships of Classes VII, VII(A), VII(T), VIII, VIII(A), VIII(A)(T), IX, XI and XII which carry a Class B boat or a lifeboat which is not capable of being lowered into the water when loaded with its full complement of persons and its equipment, suitable means shall be provided for embarking persons into the boat.
(d)In ships of Classes I, II, II(A) and Class VII(A) and in ships of Classes II, VII(T), VIII, VIII(T) and IX of 500 tons or over, sufficient ladders or suitable mechanical devices shall be provided to facilitate embarkation into the liferafts when waterborne.
(e)Ladders provided in compliance with this paragraph shall be of sufficient length to reach the water line with the ship at her lightest sea-going draught and listed to 15 degrees either way.
(4) Ships of Classes I, II, II(A), VII, VII(A), VII(T), VIII, VIII(A), VIII(A)(T) and IX shall be provided with means situated outside the engine room whereby any discharge of water into the lifeboats or into liferafts at fixed launching positions, including those under launching appliances, can be prevented.
(5) For ro-ro passenger ships of Classes I, II and II(A) the term “muster station” shall be replaced with “assembly station” on all signs and in all emergency procedure instructions.
31.—(1) This regulation applies to ships of Classes I, II, II(A), VII, VII(A), VII(T), VIII, VIII(T) and ships of Classes IX and XI engaged on international voyages.
(2) There shall be sufficient members of the crew to operate the survival craft and the launching arrangements when evacuating all on board. The minimum number of deck officers, certificated persons and others for this purpose shall be determined in accordance with Merchant Shipping Notice No. M.1682.
(3) A deck-officer or certificated person shall be placed in charge, and a deck officer or certificated person shall be nominated second-in-command of each lifeboat to be used.
(4) A deck officer or certificated person shall be placed in charge of each liferaft to be used. In ships of Classes II and II(A) the person in charge may be a crew member practised in the handling and operation of liferafts.
(5) The person in charge of survival craft shall have a list of the survival craft crew and shall ensure that the crew under his command are acquainted with their duties. In lifeboats the second-in-command shall also have a list of the lifeboat crew.
(6) In ships carrying liferafts served by launching appliances a deck officer or certificated person shall be assigned to each launching appliance.
(7) In ships carrying liferafts not served by launching appliances a deck officer or certificated person shall be assigned to each launching position.
(8) A person capable of operating the engine and carrying out minor adjustments shall be assigned to every motor lifeboat.
(9) A person capable of operating a radiotelegraph installation shall be assigned to every lifeboat required to carry such equipment.
(10) There shall be a sufficient number of trained persons on board for mustering and assisting untrained persons.
(11) The master shall ensure the equitable distribution of persons referred to in paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (10) when compiling the muster list referred to in regulation 4(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Musters and Training) Regulations 1986(1).
32.—(1) The two-way radiotelephone apparatus required to be carried in compliance with regulations 7(5), 8(11), 10(12), 11(5) and 20(8), which are not stowed in survival craft, shall be kept in a suitable place ready to be moved into survival craft in case of emergency.
(2) In ships where there is substantial fore and aft separation between superstructures or deck houses, the two-way radiotelephone apparatus shall not all be located in any one superstructure or deck house.
33. Every ship of Class I shall be provided throughout the ship with electrically operated signals controlled from the bridge for summoning passengers to assembly stations.
34.—(1) In every ship of Class I, II or II(A) an electric lighting system, operated from the ship’s main generating plant and from the emergency source of power referred to in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998(2), shall be provided throughout the ship and in particular so as to be capable of illuminating—
(a)the decks from which lifeboats and liferafts are embarked.
(b)launching gear and lifeboats, and liferaft launching appliances where provided and the liferafts which they serve during the preparation for and process of launching;
(c)the water into which the lifeboats and liferafts are launched until the process of launching is completed; and
(d)the stowage position of those liferafts for which launching appliances are not provided.
(2) In every ship of Class I, II or II(A), the exit from every main compartment occupied by passengers or crew shall be continuously lighted by an emergency electric lamp, operated from the ship’s main generating plant and from the emergency source of power referred to in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998.
(3) (a) In every ship of Classes VII, VII(A), VII(T), VIII and VIII(T) of 500 tons or over and in every ship of Class IX of such tonnage engaged on international voyages provision shall be made for electric lighting. In particular, during the preparation for and process of evacuation, electric lighting shall illuminate the—
(i)lifeboat davits and launching appliances;
(ii)lifeboats and liferafts;
(iii)the stowage position of liferafts for which launching appliances are not provided; and
(iv)the water into which lifeboats and liferafts are launched.
(b)In every ship of Classes VII, VII(A), VII(T), VIII and VIII(T) of 1,600 tons or over and in every ship of Class IX of such tonnage engaged on international voyages, provision shall be made for electric lighting of the alleyways, stairways and exits so as to ensure that access of all persons on board to the launching stations and stowage positions of lifeboats and liferafts is not impeded.
(c)The lighting required by subparagraphs (a) and (b) shall be operated from the ship’s main electric generating plant and, in addition, shall be capable of being operated in every such ship of 1,600 tons or over from an emergency source of electric power which shall be provided for such lighting or in the case of a ship to which the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997(3) applies, from the emergency source of electric power required by those Regulations.
(d)In every ship of 500 tons or over but of under 1,600 tons the lighting required by subparagraph (a) shall be operated from the ship’s main electric generating plant and in addition shall be capable of being operated from:
(i)an emergency source of electric power which shall be provided for such lighting; or
(ii)in the case of any such ship to which the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997 applies, from the emergency source of electric power required by those Regulations; or
(iii)if the Secretary of State permits, the reserve source of electrical energy required by the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998(4) on condition that the lighting circuits can be readily disconnected and the said reserve source is capable of supplying the additional load or loads without falling below the capacity required by those Regulations.
(4) In every ship of Classes VII, VII(A), VII(T), VIII, VIII(T) and IX to which paragraph (3) does not apply and in every ship of Classes VIII(A), VIII(A)(T), IX(A) and XI, means shall be provided for the electric lighting of the launching gear and lifeboats or boats during the preparation for and process of launching and also for the lighting of the stowage position of the liferafts.
35.—(1) Every ship, except ships of Classes IX(A) and IX(A)(T) and ships of Class XII, shall carry not less than twelve parachute distress rocket signals.
(2) Ships of Class IX(A) and IX(A)(T) operating in Category A, B, C and D waters shall carry not less than six parachute distress rockets signals.
(3) Ships of Class XII operating in Category A, B, C and D waters or which proceed to sea shall carry not less than six parachute distress rocket signals.
36.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3)(a) this regulation applies to ships of Classes I, II, II(A), VII, VII(A), VII(T), VIII, VIII(T), VIII(A), VIII(A)(T), IX, IX(A), IX(A)(T), XI and XII which carry one or more lifeboats, Class C boats, other boats or liferafts.
(2) Every ship shall be provided:
(a)on or in the vicinity of survival craft and their launching controls, with posters or signs illustrating the purpose of controls, the procedures for operating the appliance and giving relevant operating instructions;
(b)with a training manual complying with the requirements of Schedule 14, Part 1 of MSN 1676(M) in each crew messroom and recreation room or in each crew cabin;
(c)as far as practicable, with instructions complying with the requirements of Schedule 14, Part 2 of MSN 1676(M) for on-board maintenance of life-saving appliances or a shipboard planned maintenance programme which includes the maintenance of life-saving appliances.
(3) (a) Posters and signs shall be easily seen under emergency lighting conditions on ships of Classes I, II, II(A), VII, VII(A), VII(T), VIII, VIII(T) and IX to which regulation 34(1), (2) or (3) applies; and where applicable they shall use symbols which are specified in Schedule 16 of MSN 1676(M);
(b)in ships of under 500 tons at least one training manual shall be provided appropriate to the life-saving appliances carried and to the type and size of ship on which it is provided.
37.—(1) When, in a ship constructed on or before 1st July 1986, any life-saving appliance or arrangement is replaced or the ship undergoes, alterations or modifications of a major character which involve replacement of, or any addition to, its existing life-saving appliances or arrangements, any such replacement or additional life-saving appliance or arrangement shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be a life-saving appliance or arrangement complying with the requirements relating to that type of appliance or arrangement contained in a Schedule or Schedules in MSN 1676(M).
(2) Any appliance or arrangement complying with those requirements shall not be required to comply with the requirements in MSN 1677(M),
(3) If a lifeboat is replaced but its launching appliance is not, or vice versa, the lifeboat or launching appliance, as the case may be, must be of the same type as that replaced.
38. In ships of Classes I, II, II(A), VII, VII(A), VII(T), VIII, VIII(T), VIII(A), VIII(A)(T), IX and XI, and in ships of Class XII which proceed to sea, a copy of the table “Life-Saving Signals and Rescue Methods, SOLAS No. 1”, published by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, shall be provided.
39. Immersion suits and anti-exposure suits required to be carried by this Part of the Regulations may be of the insulated or uninsulated type: provided that immersion suits of the insulated type shall be carried on ships which make voyages—
(a)north of latitude 65°N in the Atlantic Ocean;
(b)north of latitude 55°C in the Pacific Ocean;
(c)south of latitude 50°S; or
(d)east of longitude 10°E in the Kattegat and Baltic Sea between 1st December and 30th April, both dates inclusive.
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