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”),
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 world's 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;
5. FURTHER 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.