Resolution MSC.258(84)

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOL OF 1988 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

 (adopted on 16 May 2008)

 

 

THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,

 

RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 

RECALLING FURTHER article VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") and article VI of the Protocol of 1988 relating to the Convention (hereinafter referred to as "the 1988 SOLAS Protocol") concerning the procedure for amending the 1988 SOLAS Protocol,

 

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-fourth session, amendments to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention and article VI of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol,

 

ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention and article VI of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, amendments to the appendix to the Annex to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

 

DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention and article VI of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, that the said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2009, unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Parties to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world’s merchant fleet, have notified their objections to the amendments;

 

INVITES the Parties concerned to note that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention and article VI of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2010, upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

 

RECOMMENDS the Parties concerned to issue certificates complying with the annexed amendments at the first renewal survey on or after 1 January 2010;

 

REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article VIII(b)(v) of the Convention and article VI of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Parties to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol;

 

FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and its Annex to Members of the Organization, which are not Parties to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol.

 

 Annex.

AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOL OF 1988 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974, AS AMENDED

 

 Annex.

MODIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE ANNEX TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

 

 APPENDIX.

MODIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE APPENDIX TO THE ANNEX TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

 

 Record of Equipment for Passenger Ship Safety Certificate (Form P)

 

1. In the Record of Equipment for Passenger Ship Safety Certificate (Form P), in section 2, the existing item 11.1 is replaced by the following:

 

"11.1 Number of search and rescue locating devices

 

11.1.1 Radar search and rescue transponders (SART)

 

11.1.2 AIS search and rescue transmitters (AIS-SART)",

 

and in section 3, the existing item 6 is replaced by the following:

 

"6. Ship’s search and rescue locating device

 

6.1 Radar search and rescue transponder (SART)

 

6.2 AIS search and rescue transmitter (AIS-SART)".

 

 Record of Equipment for Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate
(Form E)

 

2. In the Record of Equipment for Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate (Form E), in section 2, the existing item 9.1 is replaced by the following:

 

"9.1 Number of search and rescue locating devices

 

9.1.1 Radar search and rescue transponders (SART)

 

9.1.2 AIS search and rescue transmitters (AIS-SART)".

 

 Record of Equipment for Cargo Ship Radio Certificate
(Form R)

 

3. In the Record of Equipment for Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate (Form R), in section 2, the existing item 6 is replaced by the following:

 

"6. Ship’s search and rescue locating device

 

6.1 Radar search and rescue transponder (SART)

 

6.2 AIS search and rescue transmitter (AIS-SART)".

 

 Record of Equipment for the Cargo Ship Safety Certificate (Form C)

 

4. In the Record of Equipment for Cargo Ship Safety Certificate (Form C), in section 2, the existing item 9.1 is replaced by the following:

 

"9.1 Number of search and rescue locating devices

 

9.1.1 Radar search and rescue transponders (SART)

 

9.1.2 AIS search and rescue transmitters (AIS-SART)",

 

and in section 3, the existing item 6 is replaced by the following:

 

"6. Ship’s search and rescue locating device