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Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932

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ARTICLE 13Lifeboats and Buoyant Apparatus.

The general principles governing the provision of lifeboats and buoyant apparatus in a ship to which this Chapter applies are that they shall be readily available in case of emergency and shall be adequate.

1To be readily available, the lifeboats and buoyant apparatus must comply with the following conditions :—

(a)They must be capable of being got into the water safely and rapidly even under unfavourable conditions of list and trim:

(b)It must be possible to embark the passengers in the boats rapidly and in good order;

(c)The arrangement of each boat and article of buoyant apparatus must be such that it will not interfere with the operation of other boats and buoyant apparatus.

2To be adequate, the provision of lifeboats and buoyant apparatus must satisfy the following conditions:—

(a)Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph there must be accommodation in boats for all persons on board, and there must, in addition, be buoyant apparatus for 25 per cent. of the persons on board:

(b)In the case of passenger ships engaged on short international voyages, the boats must be provided in accordance with the requirements set out in the table in Regulation XXXIX, and there must be, in addition, buoyant apparatus so that the boats and buoyant apparatus together provide accommodation for all on board as set out in Regulation XXXVIII. There must, in addition, be buoyant apparatus for 10 per cent. of the persons on board :

(c)No more boats shall be required on any passenger ship than are sufficient to accommodate all persons on board.

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