Resolution
MSC.271(85)
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SAFETY FOR HIGH-SPEED
CRAFT, 2000 (2000 HSC CODE)
(adopted
on 4 December 2008)
THE
MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING
Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING
resolution MSC.97(73), by which it adopted the International Code of Safety for
High-Speed Craft, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as "the 2000 HSC
Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter X of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to
as "the Convention"),
NOTING
ALSO article VIII(b) and regulation X/1.1 of the Convention concerning the
procedure for amending the 1994 HSC Code,
HAVING
CONSIDERED, at its eighty-fifth session, amendments to the 2000 HSC Code
proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the
Convention,
1.
ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to
the 2000 HSC Code, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present
resolution;
2.
DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention,
that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2010
unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Contracting Governments
to the Convention or Contracting Governments the combined merchant fleets of
which constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the worlds merchant
fleet, have notified their objections to the amendments;
3.
INVITES Contracting Governments to note that, in accordance with article
VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1
January 2011 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4.
REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article VIII(b)(v) of the
Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text
of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Contracting Governments to the
Convention;