3.8 Updating of the Code
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3.8 Updating of the Code

  3.8.1 In addition to the guidance on application and interpretation in Section 3.6, the Code requirements will be regularly reviewed by a Technical Committee, comprising representatives from the organisations listed in Section 1. Amendments will be promulgated and a formal review of the Code will be conducted not later than five years from the date of publication, and thereafter at intervals not exceeding five years.

  3.8.2 When new standards are developed and finalised by the British Standards Institution (BSI), European Committee for Standardization (CEN), International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) or any other international body, which impact upon the requirements of the Code, amendment of the Code may be considered immediately. In the interim period, draft standards may be applied where the MCA have accepted them as an equivalent standard.

  3.8.3 The Merchant Shipping (Small Commercial Vessels and Pilot Boats) Regulations 2004 provide for, from time to time, any document amending the Code which is considered relevant to be specified by the Secretary of State in a Merchant Shipping Notice.

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