Section 140
(1}
of Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations, 2003
The ship's side shall not have any openings between the embarkation station of the marine evacuation system and the water-line in the lightest seagoing condition and means shall be prov.ided to protect the system from any projections.
(2}
Marine evacuation systems shall be in such positions as to ensure safe launching having particular regard to clearance from the propeller and steeply overhanging positions of the hull and so that, as practicable, the system can be launched down the straight side of the ship.
{3}
Each marine evacuation system shall be stowed so that neither the passage nor platform nor its stowage or operational arrangements will interfere 810
with the operation of any other life-saving appliance at any other launching station.