1.3.1 These Guidelines and Specifications apply:
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.1 to installations fitted to ships, the keel
of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction
on or after 30 April 1994; and
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.2 to new installations fitted on or after 30
April 1994 to ships, the keel of which were laid or which were at
a similar stage of construction before 30 April 1994 in so far as
is reasonable and practicable.
1.3.2 The Guidelines and Specifications adopted
under Resolution A.393(X) are not applicable to ships to which these
new Guidelines and Specifications apply.
1.3.3 Installations fitted to ships the keel of
which were laid or which were at a similar stage of construction before
30 April 1994 should comply either with the requirements contained
in the Guidelines and Specifications adopted under Resolution A.393(X)
or with the requirements contained in these Guidelines and Specifications.