1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-first
session (19 to 28 May 1999), approved, with a view to ensuring uniform
application of the fire protection-related provisions of the International
Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code),
interpretations to the relevant sections of the Code, prepared by
the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
interpretations as guidance when applying relevant provisions of the
HSC Code to fire protection construction, installation, arrangements
and equipment to be installed on board craft on or after 21 May 1999,
in order to fulfill the requirements of the Code, and to bring the
interpretations to the attention of all parties concerned.