1.2 Application

  1.2.1 These Procedures apply to ships falling under the provisions of:

• .1 the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (SOLAS);

• .2 the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS Protocol 1988);

• .3 the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (Load Lines);

• .4 the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (Load Lines Protocol 1988);

• .5 the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocols of 1978 and 1997 relating thereto, as amended (MARPOL);

• .6 the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW);

• .7 the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 (Tonnage); and

• .8 the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships (AFS),

hereafter referred to as the applicable conventions.

  1.2.2 Ships of non-Parties or below convention size should be given no more favourable treatment (see sections 1.5 and 1.6).

  1.2.3 In exercising port State control, Parties should only apply those provisions of the conventions which are in force and which they have accepted.

  1.2.4 If a port State exercises port State control based on International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No.147, "Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976", guidance on the conduct of such control inspections is given in the ILO publication "Inspection of Labour Conditions on board Ship: Guidelines for Procedure".