1.1 Passenger ships engaged on international voyages
which are not short international voyages shall carry:
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.1 partially or totally enclosed lifeboats complying
with the requirements of section 4.5 or 4.6 of the Code on each side of such aggregate
capacity as will accommodate not less than 50% of the total number
of persons on board. The Administration may permit the substitution
of lifeboats by liferafts of equivalent total capacity provided that
there shall never be less than sufficient lifeboats on each side of
the ship to accommodate 37.5% of the total number of persons on board.
The inflatable or rigid liferafts shall comply with the requirements
of section 4.2 or 4.3 of
the Code and shall be served by launching appliances equally distributed
on each side of the ship, and
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.2 in addition, inflatable or rigid liferafts
complying with the requirements of section 4.2 or 4.3 of the Code of such aggregate capacity
as will accommodate at least 25% of the total number of persons on
board. These liferafts shall be served by at least one launching appliance
on each side which may be those provided in compliance with the requirements
of paragraph 1.1.1 or equivalent approved appliances capable of being
used on both sides. However, stowage of these liferafts need not comply
with the requirements of regulation
13.5.
1.2 Passenger ships engaged on short international
voyages shall carry:
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.1 partially or totally enclosed lifeboats complying
with the requirements of section 4.5 or 4.6 of the Code of such aggregate capacity
as will accommodate at least 30% of the total number of persons on
board. The lifeboats shall, as far as practicable, be equally distributed
on each side of the ship. In addition inflatable or rigid liferafts
complying with the requirements of section 4.2 or 4.3 of the Code shall be carried of such aggregate
capacity that, together with the lifeboat capacity, the survival craft
will accommodate the total number of persons on board. The liferafts
shall be served by launching appliances equally distributed on each
side of the ship; and
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.2 in addition, inflatable or rigid liferafts
complying with the requirements of section 4.2 or 4.3 of the Code of such aggregate capacity
as will accommodate at least 25% of the total number of persons on
board. These liferafts shall be served by at least one launching appliance
on each side which may be those provided in compliance with the requirements
of paragraph 1.2.1 or equivalent approved appliances capable of being
used on both sides. However, stowage of these liferafts need not comply
with the requirements of regulation
13.5.
1.3 All survival craft required to provide for
abandonment by the total number of persons on board shall be capable
of being launched with their full complement of persons and equipment
within a period of 30 min from the time the abandon ship signal is
given after all persons have been assembled, with lifejackets donned.
1.4 In lieu of meeting the requirements of paragraph
1.1 or 1.2, passenger ships of less than 500 gross tonnage where the
total number of persons on board is less than 200, may comply with
the following:
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.1 They shall carry on each side of the ship,
inflatable or rigid liferafts complying with the requirements of section 4.2 or 4.3 of
the Code and of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate the total
number of persons on board;
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.2 Unless the liferafts required by paragraph
1.4.1 are stowed in a position providing for easy side-to-side transfer
at a single open deck level, additional liferafts shall be provided
so that the total capacity available on each side will accommodate
150% of the total number of persons on board.
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.3 If the rescue boat required by paragraph 2.2 is also a partially
or totally enclosed lifeboat complying with the requirements of section 4.5 or 4.6 of
the Code, it may be included in the aggregate capacity required by
paragraph 1.4.1, provided that the total capacity available on either
side of the ship is at least 150% of the total number of persons on
board; and
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.4 In the event of any one survival craft being
lost or rendered unserviceable, there shall be sufficient survival
craft available for use on each side, including those which are stowed
in a position providing for easy side-to-side transfer at a single
open deck level, to accommodate the total number of persons on board.
1.5 A marine evacuation system or systems complying
with section 6.2 of the Code may be substituted
for the equivalent capacity of liferafts and launching appliances
required by paragraph 1.1.1 or 1.2.1.