2.1 Vessels certified to operate in exposed waters
and those making international voyages shall carry lifeboats or liferafts
sufficient to accommodate the total number of persons on board.
2.2 Vessels making voyages in coastal waters shall
carry lifeboats, liferafts, or buoyant apparatus, and passenger vessels
operating solely in protected waters shall carry liferafts or buoyant
apparatus, approved in accordance with regulation
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, sufficient to accommodate the
total number of persons on board.
2.3 Where the life-saving appliances and their
launching appliances, where applicable, are not accessible from both
sides of the vessel, additional life-saving appliances shall be fitted
as required by the Administration.
2.4 The means and arrangements for embarkation
into the survival craft shall be adequate, clearly marked and illuminated
and approved by the Administration.
2.5 The manufacturer’s model identification,
the number given by the approving administration and number of survivors
for which the apparatus was approved shall be recorded on a tag or
label and affixed to the apparatus.
2.6 The manufacturer’s model identification,
the number given by the approving administration and number of survivors
for which the apparatus was approved shall be recorded on a tag or
label and affixed to the apparatus.