International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974

Chapter IXManagement for the safe operation of ships

Regulation 3

Safety management requirements*

1 The company and the ship shall comply with the requirements of the International Safety Management Code. For the purpose of this regulation, the requirements of the Code shall be treated as mandatory.

2 The ship shall be operated by a company holding a Document of Compliance referred to in regulation 4.

Regulation 4

Certification t

1 A Document of Compliance shall be issued to every company which complies with the requirements of the International Safety Management Code. This document shall be issued by the Administration, by an organization recognized by the Administration+, or at the request of the Administration by another Contracting Government.

2 A copy of the Document of Compliance shall be kept on board the ship in order that the master can produce it on request for verification.

3 A Certificate, called a Safety Management Certificate, shall be issued to every ship by the Administration or an organization recognized by the Administration. The Administration or organization recognized by it shall, before issuing the Safety Management Certificate, verify that the company and its shipboard management operate in accordance with the approved safety management system.

Regulation 5

Maintenance of conditions The safety management system shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions of the International Safety Management Code.

Regulation 6

Verification and contra/§

1 The Administration, another Contracting Government at the request of the Administration or an organization recognized by the Administration shall periodically verify the proper functioning of the ship's safety management system.

2 A ship required to hold a certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of regulation 4.3 shall be subject to control in accordance with the provisions of regulation Xl/4. For this purpose such certificate shall be treated as a certificate issued under regulation 1/12 or 1/13.

* Refer to Revised guidelines for the operational implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by Companies (MSC-MEPC.7/Circ.8) and Implementation of the ISM Code - Guidance to companies operating muti-flagged fleets and supplementary guidelines to Administrations (MSC/Circ.762). t Refer to Unified interpretation of the date of completion of the survey and verification on which the certificates are based (MSC-MEPC.5/Circ.3) and Unified interpretation on the expiration date of statutory certificates (MSC-MEPC.5/Circ.13). t Refer to the Code for Recognized Organizations (RO Code) (MSC.349(92) and MEPC.237(65)); Communication of information on the authorization of recognized organizations (ROs) (MSC/Circ.1010-MEPC/Circ.382); and the information collected via the Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS). § Refer to 2023 Guidelines on implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by Administrations (resolution A.1188(33)); Procedures for port State control, 2023 (resolution A.1185(33)); Procedures concerning observed ISM Code major non-conformities (MSC/Circ.1059-MEPC/Circ.401); and /MO requirements on carriage of publications on board ships (MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.2).

Safety measures for high-speed craft

Safety measures for high-speed craft

Regulation 1 Definitions

Regulation 2 Application

Regulation 3 Requirements for high-speed craft

Definitions For the purpose of this chapter:

1 High-Speed Craft Code, 1994 (1994 HSC Code) means the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization by resolution MSC.36(63), as may be amended by the Organization, provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the annex other than chapter I.

2 High-Speed Craft Code, 2000 (2000 HSC Code) means the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000, adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization by resolution MSC.97(73), as may be amended by the Organization, provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the annex other than chapter I.

3 High-speed craft is a craft capable of a maximum speed, in metres per second (m/s), equal to or exceeding:

3.7v70.1667

where: v7 = volume of displacement corresponding to the design waterline (m3),

excluding craft the hull of which is supported completely clear above the water surface in non-displacement mode by aerodynamic forces generated by ground effect.

4 Craft constructed means a craft the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction.

5 Similar stage of construction means a stage at which:

.1 construction identifiable with a specific craft begins; and

.2 assembly of that craft has commenced comprising at least 50 tonnes or 3% of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is less.

Regulation 2

Application

1 This chapter applies to high-speed craft constructed on or after 1 January 1996, as follows:

.1 passenger craft which do not proceed in the course of their voyage more than 4 h at operational speed from a place of refuge when fully laden; and

.2 cargo craft of 500 gross tonnage and upwards which do not proceed in the course of their voyage more than 8 h at operational speed from a place of refuge when fully laden.

2 Any craft, irrespective of the date of construction, which undergoes repairs, alterations, modifications and outfitting related thereto shall continue to comply with at least the requirements previously applicable to the craft. Such a craft, if constructed before 1 July 2002, shall, as a rule, comply with the requirements for a craft constructed on or after that date to at least the same extent as it did before undergoing such repairs, alterations, modifications or outfitting. Repairs, alterations and modifications of a major character, and outfitting related thereto, shall meet the requirements for a craft constructed on or after 1 July 2002 in so far as the Administration deems reasonable and practicable.