RECALLING Article 16(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations concerning maritime safety,
ALSO NOTING that by virtue of the specialized nature of
the work undertaken by these ships, special personnel are carried,
who are neither crew members nor passengers as defined in the above
Convention,
RECOGNIZES that certain safety standards supplementing those
of the 1974 SOLAS Convention may be required
for special purpose ships,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its forty-eighth session,
1. ADOPTS the code of Safety for Special Purpose
Ships (SPS Code), the text of which is set out in the Annex to this
resolution;
2. INVITES all Governments concerned:
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(a) to take appropriate steps to give effect to
the Code as soon as possible;.
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(b) to inform IMO of measures taken for the application
of the Code and of the date from which new special purpose ships should
comply with the provisions of the Code.