International Life-Saving Appliance Code

Under the 1996 revision to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), specific technical requirements for life-saving equipment on ships on international voyages, formerly in Chapter III of SOLAS, were moved to a new International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, made mandatory under SOLAS Regulation 34, which states that all life-saving appliances and arrangements shall comply with the applicable requirements of the LSA Code.

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