8 — Requirements for Life-jackets and Lifebuoys Internationaal Verdrag van Torremolinos voor de beveiliging van vissersvaartuigen, 1977
Requirements for Life-jackets and Lifebuoys
8.1 Life-jackets
8.1.1 They shall be constructed with proper workmanship and materials.
8.1.2 They shall be so constructed as to eliminate so far as possible all risk of their being put on incorrectly, except that they shall be capable of being worn inside out.
8.1.3 They shall be capable of lifting the face of an exhausted or unconscious person out of the water and holding it above the water with the body inclined backwards from its vertical position.
8.1.4 They shall be capable of turning the body in the water from any position to a safe floating position with the body inclined backwards from its vertical position.
8.1.5 They shall not be adversely affected by oil or oil products.
8.1.6 They shall be of a highly visible colour.
8.1.7 They shall be fitted with an approved whistle, firmly secured by a cord.
8.1.8 The buoyancy of the life-jackets required to provide the foregoing performance shall not be reduced by more than 5 per cent after 24 hours submergence in fresh water.
8.1.9 Life-jackets, the buoyancy of which depends on inflation, shall:
(a) have two separate inflatable compartments;
(b) be capable of being inflated both mechanically and by mouth; and
(c) comply with the requirements of paragraphs 8.1.1 to 8.1.8 of this Appendix with either compartment inflated separately.
8.1.10 Life-jackets shall be tested to the satisfaction of the Administration.
8.2 Lifebuoys
8.2.1 They shall be of solid cork or any other equivalent material.
8.2.2 They shall be capable of supporting in fresh water for 24 hours at least 14.5 kilogrammes of iron.
8.2.3 They shall not be adversely affected by oil or oil products.
8.2.4 They shall be of a highly visible colour.
8.2.5 They shall be marked in block letters with the name and port of registry of fishing letters and numbers of the vessel in which they are carried.
8.2.6 Lifebuoys made of plastic or other synthetic compounds shall be capable of retaining their buoyant properties and durability in contact with sea water or oil products, or under variation of temperature or climatic changes prevailing in open sea voyages.
8.2.7 Every lifebuoy shall be fitted with grab lines which shall be of good quality unkinkable line and well secured at four equidistant points, providing four loops of line.
8.2.8 The mass of a lifebuoy shall not exceed 6.15 kilogrammes when newly constructed. Lifebuoys provided with self-igniting lights and self-activating smoke signals shall have a mass of not less than 4 kilogrammes.
8.2.9 Lifebuoys shall not be filled with rushes, cork shavings, granulated cork or any other loose granulated material, and their buoyancy shall not depend upon air compartments which require to be inflated.
- Regeling
- Internationaal Verdrag van Torremolinos voor de beveiliging van vissersvaartuigen, 1977
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 02-04-1977
- BWB-id
- BWBV0003251
- Versie
- 1977-04-02_0