1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-sixth
session (27 May to 5 June 2009), having recognized the need for clarification
of the scope of application of SOLAS
regulation III/7, as amended by resolution
MSC.201(81), related to infant life jackets, and considering
the urgency of the matter, as the date of entry into force of the
aforementioned amendments is 1 July 2010, agreed that the amendments
should apply to all passenger ships and invited Contracting Governments
to the 1974 SOLAS Convention to apply the amendments accordingly.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
above information to the attention of all parties concerned.