Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - PYC - A Code of Practice for Yachts Carrying 13 to 36 Passengers (The Passenger Yacht Code) - Chapter 4 - Construction, Subdivision and Stability - Part I - General - 4.2 Application of SOLAS Provisions – General:
4.2 Application of SOLAS Provisions – General:
(1) Except where provided otherwise in this Chapter, all new vessels to which this Code applies are required to meet the applicable requirements of SOLAS Chapter II-1 as amended.
(2) The damage stability requirements in SOLAS Chapter II-1, Parts B-1 through B-4 of those amendments shall apply to all ships, provided that for vessels up to 80m L (i.e. Load Line length), the Administration may permit the use of SOLAS 90 Deterministic methodology, in lieu of sections 4.5 and 4.6, in accordance with Part VI of this Chapter.
(3) For ships of 1,600 gross tonnage and above, SOLAS Chapter II-1 Part A-1 Regulation 3-12 on the protection against noise and the Code on noise levels on board ships, adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee by resolution MSC.337(91), as may be amended by the Organization shall apply. For the purpose of this subsection, although the Code on noise levels on board ships is treated as a mandatory instrument, recommendatory parts as specified in chapter I of the Code shall be treated as non-mandatory.
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