RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution MSC.36(63), by which it adopted the International Code of Safety for
High-Speed Craft (hereinafter referred to as “the 1994
HSC Code”), which is mandatory under chapter X of the International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”),
NOTING resolution MSC.97(73), by which it adopted the International
Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000 (2000
HSC Code) containing, inter alia, updated provisions
for navigational equipment for high-speed craft,
BEING DESIROUS to bring the provisions for navigational
equipment of the 1994 HSC Code in line with
the relevant provisions of the 2000 HSC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-fourth session, amendments
to the 1994 HSC Code proposed and circulated
in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of
the Convention,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to the 1994 HSC Code, the text of
which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the
Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted
on 1 July 2002, unless, prior to that date, more than one third of
the Contracting Governments to the Convention or Contracting Governments
the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50%
of the gross tonnage of the world’s merchant fleet, have notified
their objections to the amendments;
3. INVITES Contracting Governments to note that,
in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on
1 January 2003 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article VIII(b)(v) of
the Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution
and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Contracting
Governments to the Convention;
5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its Annex to Members of the Organization,
which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.