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/1.2 of the
Convention concerning the procedure for amending the 2000 HSC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-second 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 2014 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 per cent of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant
fleet, have notified their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note that, in accordance with
article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention,
the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2015 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;
5 ALSO REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its annex to Members of the Organization,
which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.