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:
3.7 ∇0.1667
where:
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volume of
displacement corresponding to the design waterline (m3)
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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:
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.1 construction identifiable with a specific craft
begins; and
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.2 assembly of that craft has commenced comprising
at least 50 tonnes or 3% of the estimated mass of all structural material,
whichever is the less.