These amendments have been consolidated into LSA Code Chapter
II
Chapter II
Personal Life-Saving Appliances
Section 2.2 – Lifejackets
1 Paragraph 2.2.1.6 is amended to read as follows:
"2.2.1.6 When tested according to the recommendations of
the Organization on at least 12 persons, adult lifejackets shall have
sufficient buoyancy and stability in calm fresh water to:
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.1 lift the mouth of exhausted or unconscious
persons by an average height of not less than the average provided
by the adult RTD minus 10 mm;
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.2 turn the body of unconscious, face down persons
in the water to a position where the mouth is clear of the water in
an average time not exceeding that of the RTD plus 1 s, with the number
of persons not turned by the lifejacket no greater than that of the
RTD;
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.3 incline the body backwards from the vertical
position for an average torso angle of not less than that of the RTD
minus 10°;
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.4 lift the head above horizontal for an average
faceplane angle of not less than that of the RTD minus 10°; and
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.5 return at least as many wearers to a stable
face-up position after being destabilized when floating in the flexed
foetal position as with the RTD when tested on the wearers in the
same manner."
2 The following new paragraphs 2.2.1.8.4, 2.2.1.8.5
and 2.2.1.8.6 are added after existing paragraph 2.2.1.8.3 and the
word "and" at the end of paragraph 2.2.1.8.2 is deleted:
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".4 for infants the jump and drop tests shall
be exempted;
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.5 for children, five of the nine subjects shall
perform the jump and drop tests; and
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.6
in lieu of paragraph 2.2.1.8.5,
manikins may be substituted for human test subjects."