1.3 Definitions
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1.3 Definitions

  1.3.1 The appropriate terms and definitions given in regulations I/2 and III/3 of the Convention, as amended, also apply to this Code. In addition, for the purpose of this Code unless expressly provided otherwise:

  • .1 Equivalent means a particular fitting, material, appliance, apparatus or arrangement, or any combination of fittings, materials, appliances, apparatus or arrangements allowed by an Administration to be fitted or carried in a ship in substitution for any of the requirements of chapter III of the Convention.

  • .2 Prototype life-saving appliance or arrangement is the first appliance or arrangement produced of a size and construction or performance characteristics differing from previous designs. If an appliance or arrangement is a modification of a previous design, only those characteristics affected by the modification are considered to be prototype characteristics which must be prototype tested.

  • .3 Prototype tests are those tests to which a prototype life-saving appliance or arrangement is subjected in order to test features which cannot be considered by the Administration on the basis of reasonable extrapolation of previous test results or experience.

  • .4 Active survival craft means a survival craft propelled by an engine.

  • .5 Passive survival craft means a survival craft which is not propelled by an engine.

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