LegalizeThe Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances For Ships Other Than Ships Of Classes III To VI(A)) Regulations 1999
Made: 30th September 1999
Laid before Parliament: 8th October 1999
Coming into force: 29th October 1999
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PART I — PRELIMINARY
Citation, commencement and revocation
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General interpretation
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Classification of Ships
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General Application
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PART II — REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPS CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 1ST JULY 1986
PRELIMINARY
Application
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Interpretation
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PASSENGER SHIPS
Ships of Class I
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Ships of Class II
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Ships of Class II(A)
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SHIPS OTHER THAN PASSENGER SHIPS
Ships of Class VII
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Ships of Class VII(A)
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Ships of Class VII(T)
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Ships of Class VIII
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Ships of Class VIII(T)
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Ships of Class VIII(A)
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Ships of Class VIII(A)(T)
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Ships of Class IX
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Ships of Class IX(A)
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Ships of Class IX(A)(T)
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Ships of Class IX
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Ships of Class XII
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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Inflated boats
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Lifebuoys
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Lifebuoy lights, smoke signals and lines
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Line-throwing appliances
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Retro-reflective material
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STOWAGE AND HANDLING OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES
General provisions relating to the stowage and handling of life-saving appliances
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Stowage and handling of lifeboats, Class C boats, inflated boats and other boats
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Stowage and handling of liferafts, buoyant apparatus, lifebuoys and lifejackets
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Embarkation into lifeboats, Class C boats, inflated boats and other boats, and liferafts, and assembly stations
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Manning of survival craft
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Portable radio equipment
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Electrically operated signals
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Electric lighting
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Ships' distress signals
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Operational instructions for survival craft and their launching controls
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Replacement of life-saving appliances
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Table of life-saving signals and rescue methods
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Immersion suits and anti-exposure suits
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PART III — REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPS CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER 1ST JULY 1986 AND BEFORE 1ST JULY 1998
PRELIMINARY
Application
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Interpretation
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PASSENGER SHIPS
Ships of Class I
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Ships of Classes II and II(A)
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SHIPS OTHER THAN PASSENGER SHIPS
Ships of Classes VII, VIII, VIII(A) and IX
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Ships of Classes VII(T), VIII(T) and VIII(A)(T)
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Ships of Classes IX(A) and IX(A)(T)
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Ships of Class XI
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Ships of Class XII
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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Operating instructions for survival craft and their launching controls
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Survival craft assembly and embarkation arrangements
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Stowage of survival craft, rescue boats and inflated boats
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Launching stations
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Survival craft launching arrangements
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Marine escape systems
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Rescue boat embarkation, launching and recovery arrangements
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STOWAGE AND HANDLING OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES
Stowage of lifebuoys
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Stowage of lifejackets
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Stowage of two-way radiotelephone sets
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Stowage and packing of pyrotechnic distress signals and line-throwing appliances
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Immersion suits and anti-exposure suits
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Manning of survival craft
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PART IV — REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPS CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER 1ST JULY 1998
PRELIMINARY
Application
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PASSENGER SHIPS
Ships of Class I
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Ships of Classes II and II(A)
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SHIPS OTHER THAN PASSENGER SHIPS
Ships of Classes VII, VIII, VIII(A) and IX
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Ships of Classes VII(T), VIII(T) and VIII(A)(T)
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Ships of Classes IX(A) and IX(A)(T)
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Ships of Class XI
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Ships of Class XII
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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Operating instructions for survival craft and their launching controls
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Survival craft assembly and embarkation arrangements
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Stowage of survival craft, fast rescue boats, marine evacuation systems, means of rescue, rescue boats and inflated boats
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Launching stations
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Survival craft launching arrangements
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Marine evacuation systems
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Fast rescue boat and rescue boat embarkation, launching and recovery arrangements
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STOWAGE AND HANDLING OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES
Stowage of lifebuoys
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Stowage of lifejackets
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Stowage of two-way radiotelephone sets
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Stowage and packing of pyrotechnic distress signals and line-throwing appliances
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Immersion suits and anti-exposure suit
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Manning of survival craft
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PART V — CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
Approval and replacement of life-saving appliances
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Operational readiness, maintenance, inspections and servicing
84
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Equivalents and exemptions
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Penalties
86
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Power to detain
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Signed
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Keith Hill — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 30th September 1999
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1995 c. 21: sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 8), section 8.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1980/538.
[^f00003]: S.I. 1981/577.
[^f00004]: S.I. 1986/1066.
[^f00005]: S.I. 1986/1072.
[^f00006]: S.I. 1991/1300.
[^f00007]: S.I. 1997/348, amended by S.I. 1997/1346.
[^f00008]: S.I. 1995/1210 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
[^f00009]: Cmnd. 7874.
[^f00010]: Cmnd. 7346.
[^f00013]: S.I. 1982/841.
[^f00014]: S.I. 1997/1510.
[^f00015]: S.I. 1986/535, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
[^f00016]: S.I. 1998/2514.
[^f00017]: S.I. 1997/1509, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
[^f00018]: S.I. 1998/2070.
[^f00019]: S.I. 1998/1012.
[^f00021]: Cmnd. 5103.
[^f00022]: Cmnd. 5530.
Editorial notes
Ships of Class XI
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