# The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) (Amendment) Rules 1977, Note: Explanatory note


These Rules further amend the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules 1965 by providing for the phasing out, in two stages, of liferafts the inflatable chambers or floors of which are made of rubber-proofed cotton, so that by 1st July 1979 all liferafts of that type shall cease to comply with the requirements of those Rules.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/229/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-life-saving-appliances-amendment-rules-1977/note
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