Section 23 Using custom-made lifejacket instead of required lifejacket

(1) This section applies if a ship, required under this regulation to be equipped with a required lifejacket for an individual on board the ship, is equipped with a custom-made lifejacket for the individual.

(2) The ship is taken to be equipped with the required lifejacket for the individual if—

(a) there is a manufacturer’s declaration for the custom-made lifejacket; and

(b) the required lifejacket for the individual is of the type in place of which the manufacturer’s declaration states the custom-made lifejacket may be used; and

(c) the master of the ship—

(i) keeps a copy of the manufacturer’s declaration while the individual is on board; and

(ii) reasonably believes the individual on board is the individual stated in the manufacturer’s declaration.

(3) If a ship is equipped with a custom-made lifejacket for an individual, section 24 applies as if a reference in that section to the required lifejacket for the individual included a reference to the custom-made lifejacket.

(4) In this section—

custom-made lifejacket, for an individual, means a lifejacket that—

(a) has been constructed using the same materials and methods of construction as—

(i) for a custom-made lifejacket that is used in place of a lifejacket level 50—a lifejacket level 50; or

(ii) for a custom-made lifejacket that is used in place of a lifejacket level 50S—a lifejacket level 50S; or

(iii) for a custom-made lifejacket that is used in place of a lifejacket level 100—a lifejacket level 100; and

(b) has flotation appropriate to the type and body mass of the individual.

manufacturer’s declaration, for a custom-made lifejacket, means a declaration by the manufacturer of the custom-made lifejacket that states the following—

(a) the type of lifejacket in place of which the custom-made lifejacket may be used;

(b) that the custom-made lifejacket has been constructed using the same materials and methods of construction as the type of lifejacket in place of which the custom-made lifejacket may be used;

(c) the name of the individual for whom the custom-made lifejacket has been manufactured;

(d) that the custom-made lifejacket has flotation appropriate to the type and body mass of the individual for whom the custom-made lifejacket has been manufactured;

(e) how the custom-made lifejacket may be identified.