Div 1General Requirements as to Lifeboats and Buoyant Apparatus.

Division 1.—General Requirements as to Lifeboats and Buoyant Apparatus.

Lifeboats and buoyant apparatus to be adequate and readily available.

8.—(1.) The lifeboats and buoyant apparatus in a ship shall be readily available in case of emergency and shall be adequate.

(2.) To ensure that they are readily available, the lifeboats and buoyant apparatus shall comply with the following conditions:—

(a) They must be capable of being put into the water safely and rapidly even under unfavorable conditions of list and trim;

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

(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.

(3.) To ensure that they are adequate, the provision of lifeboats and buoyant apparatus shall be in accordance with the requirements of such of these Regulations as are applicable.