Definitions

For the purposes of this Part, unless expressly provided otherwise“embarkation ladder” means the ladder provided at survival craft embarkation stations to permit safe access to survival craft after launching; “free-fall launching” means the method of launching a survival craft whereby the craft with its complement of persons and equipment on board is released and allowed to fall into the sea without any restraining apparatus; “launching appliance or arrangement” is a means of transferring a survival craft or rescue boat from its position safely to the “survival craft” is a craft capable of sustaining the lives of persons in distress from the time of abandoning the ship; Merchant Ships (Registration) 193 “rescue boat” is a boat designed to rescue persons in distress and to marshal survival craft; “International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code” means the International Code for Requirements of Life-Saving Appliances adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).