Circular Letter SLS.14/Circ.l66

EQUIVALENT ARRANGEMENTS ACCEPTED UNDER REGULATION I/5
STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

(on 5 April 2000)

The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization has the honour to transmit herewith the text of a statement by the Government of the Russian Federation on equivalent arrangements accepted under regulation 1/5 of the above Convention.

The Secretary-General would be grateful if steps could be taken to bring this information to the attention of the appropriate authorities.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

Equivalent arrangement accepted under regulation I/5
LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES

Statement by the government of the Russian Federation

According to regulations III/17 and III/16 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended, and the requirements of section 6.1 of the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, the launching appliance for a rescue boat which is not one of the ship's lifeboats shall be slewed in the outboard position by the use of stored mechanical power for lowering the rescue boat onto the water by gravity.

The Government of the Russian Federation wishes to notify that manual operation is permitted for slewing the launching appliance of light rescue boats and gives notification of the following equivalent arrangements to paragraph 6.1.1.3 of the LSA Code under the provisions of regulation I/5 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention.

On ships equipped with a rescue boat which is not one of the ship's lifeboats, having a mass not more than 550 kg in fully equipped conditions, with engine but without the crew, the launching appliance of the boat does not need to be fitted with stored mechanical power.

Slewing of the launching appliance shall be possible by one person under unfavorable conditions of trim of up to 10° and list of up to