5.3 Special considerations
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5.3 Special considerations

  5.3.1 In those cases where it may not be possible to define the evaluation criteria during the Preliminary Design phase, the Submitter and Administration should agree on the strategy for defining such criteria.

  5.3.2 If the evaluation criteria cannot be fulfilled the approval process should be either terminated or restarted with a modified design.

  5.3.3 Submitter and Administration should consider the impact that one particular evaluation criterion might have on other areas that might not be specifically part of the alternative design. For example, the failure of a particular safeguard may not only affect the life safety of passengers and crew in the adjacent space, but it may result in the failure of some system affecting the overall safety of the ship.

  5.3.4 The Revised Guidelines for Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) for use in the IMO rule-making process (MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.12) contains information on risk acceptance evaluation criteria.


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