Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC/Circular.1079 – Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Co-operation between Search and Rescue Services and Passenger Ships - (in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/7.3) – (Adopted on 10 July 2003) - Annex - Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Co-operation between Search and Rescue Services and Passenger Ships - (in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/7.3) - 3 The regulation
3 The regulation
3.1 The text of SOLAS V/7.3 is as follows:
“Passenger ships, to which chapter I applies, shall have on board a plan for co-operation with appropriate search and rescue services in event of an emergency. The plan shall be developed in co-operation between the ship, the company as defined in regulation IX/1, and the search and rescue services. The plan shall include provisions for periodic exercises to be undertaken to test its effectiveness. The plan shall be developed based on the guidelines developed by the Organisation.”
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