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"anti-exposure suit" means a protective suit designed for use by rescue boat crews and marine evacuation system parties;

"certificated person" means a person who holds a certificate of proficiency in survival craft issued under the authority of, or recognised as valid by, the

Director in accordance with the requirements of the International

Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for

Seafarers, in force; or a person who holds a certificate issued or recognised by the Administration of a State not a Party to that Convention for the same purpose as the convention certificate;

"detection" means the determination of the location of survivors or survival craft;

"embarkation ladder" means the ladder provided at survival craft embarkation stations to permit safe access to survival craft after launching;

"float-free launching" means a method of launching a survival craft whereby the craft is automatically released from a sinking ship and is ready for use;

"free-fall launching" means a 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;

"immersion suit" means a protective suit which reduces the body heat loss of a person wearing it in cold water;

"inflatable appliance" means an appliance which depends upon non-rigid, gas-filled chambers for buoyancy and which is normally kept uninflated until ready for use;

"inflated appliance" means an appliance which depends upon non-rigid, gas-filled chambers for buoyancy and which is kept inflated and ready for use at all times;

"International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code", referred to in this

Chapter as the Code, means the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSAJ

Code adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organisation by resolution MSC.48(66J, as it may be amended by the Organisation, provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the Annex other than