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EXPLANATORY NoTE (This Note is not part of the Rules) • \ These Rules supersede the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules 1963. They include such requirements as appear to the Federal Executive Council to implement the provisions of the International Conven tion for the Safety of Life at Sea 1960 relating to the provision of life S?.ving appliances in merchant ships engaged on international voyages. The principal changes are : (a) An extension in the use of liferafts including their carriage in passenger and cargo ships of all classes and in certain fishing boats and pleasure yachts…