NOTING Article 16(i) of the Convention on the Inter-Governmental
Maritime Consultative Organization concerning the functions of the
Assembly,
NOTING ALSO Recommendation 6 of the International Conference
on Safety of Life at Sea, 1960,
BEARING IN MIND Regulation 5 of
Chapter 1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea, 1960,
HAVING CONSIDERED the Recommendation of the Maritime Safety
Committee at its twenty-seventh session on the adoption of Regulations
on Subdivision and Stability of Passenger Ships as an equivalent to
Part B of Chapter II of that Convention and consequential changes
to other Parts of that Chapter, as well as explanatory notes to the
aforementioned Regulations prepared by the Sub-Committee on Subdivision
and Stability, which have been circulated to governments in MSC/Circ.153
for guidance and information,
RECOMMENDS that governments concerned accept the total application
of the Regulations on Subdivision and Stability of Passenger Ships
set out in the Annex to this Resolution as being equivalent to and
a total alternative to the provisions of Part B of Chapter II of the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960,
INVITES governments, through the Organization, to exchange
information on the action taken in this respect,
RECOMMENDS that governments, through the Organization, should
exchange experience gained as a result of using these Regulations,
particularly in regard to the use of such relaxations which are permitted
by Regulation 2(d),
REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to consider comments
submitted as a result of the application of these Regulations with
a view to practical evaluation of the Regulations and determining
their suitability and related necessary changes to Chapter II of that
Convention, as amendments to that Chapter.