10.18.2 Instructions for on-board maintenance
of life-saving appliances complying with SOLAS
regulation III/36 should be provided and maintenance should
be carried out accordingly.
10.18.3 The Administration may accept, in lieu
of the instructions in paragraph 10.18.2, a planned maintenance programme
which includes the requirements of SOLAS
regulation III/36.
10.18.4 Maintenance, testing and inspections of
life-saving appliances should be carried out based on the guidelines
developed by the Organizationfootnote and in
a manner having due regard to ensuring reliability of such appliances.
10.18.5 Falls used in launching should be inspected
periodicallyfootnote with special regard for
areas passing through sheaves, and renewed when necessary due to deterioration
of the falls or at intervals of not more than five years, whichever
is the earlier.