5 Administrative requirements
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC/Circular.864 – Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Co-operation between Search and Rescue Services and Passenger Ships on Fixed Routes (in accordance with SOLAS Regulation V/15(c)) – (Adopted on 22 May 1998) - Annex - Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Co-operation between Search and Rescue Services and Passenger Ships on Fixed Routes (in accordance with SOLAS Regulation V/15(c)) - 5 Administrative requirements

5 Administrative requirements

  5.1 On-board plans, as far as they have been approved by a competent Administration, should be reciprocally recognised. Thus the approving 'Administration' for the on-board plan should only be the flag state. SAR service modules should be approved by the Administration of the relevant port state. In the case of flag states outside the SAR regions through which the vessels sail the SAR services concerned would jointly approach their Administrations for approval of relevant plans.

  5.2 The originator of a module (the company or the SAR service, as appropriate,) should be responsible for its updating. Whereas major procedural changes should always require re-approval of the on-board plan by the relevant Administration, minor changes should be viewed as being acceptable routine updates not requiring formal re-approval.

  5.3 The plan should be made up in:

  • the on-board working language(s) of the passenger ship; and
  • the English language, or an agreed language commonly used by the passenger ship (or the company), the SAR services and the Administration.
Parent topic: Annex - Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Co-operation between Search and Rescue Services and Passenger Ships on Fixed Routes (in accordance with SOLAS Regulation V/15(c))
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