1.2 Applicability
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1.2 Applicability

  1.2.1 This Code applies to such dynamically supported craft which are engaged on voyages between a terminal in one country and a terminal in another country, part or all of which voyages are across areas of water (but not necessarily on routes navigable to ships) through which a ship operating on an international voyage, as defined by the Safety Convention, would proceed.

  1.2.2 In applying this Code, the Administration should determine whether a craft is a dynamically supported craft, as defined in 1.4.1, or whether its characteristics are such that the Safety and Load Line Conventions, with appropriate additions, can be applied. For new types of dynamically supported craft, other than defined in 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, the Administration should determine the extent to which the provisions of the Code are applicable to those new types and inform the Organization thereof.

  1.2.3 The Code should be applied by Administrations through more detailed national regulations based on a comprehensive coverage of this Code.


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