1.1 This Code applies to ships regardless of size,
                           including those of less than 500 tons gross tonnage, engaged in the
                           carriage of grain in bulk, to which part C of
                           chapter VI of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended, applies.
                           
                        
                        
                        
                      
                     
                     
                     
                        
                        
                         
                           1.2 For the purpose of this Code, the expression
                           "ships constructed" means "ships the keels of which are laid or which
                           are at a similar stage of construction".