RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER article
VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),
concerning the amendment procedure applicable to the Annex to the
Convention, other than to the provisions of chapter
I thereof,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-second session, amendments
to the Convention, proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) thereof,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to the Convention, the text of which is set out in Annexes 1, 2 and 3 to the present
resolution;
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the
Convention, that:
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(a) the said amendments, set out in Annex 1, shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 January 2008;
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(b) the said amendments, set out in Annex 2, shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 July 2008; and
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(c) the said amendments, set out in Annex 3, shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 January 2010,
unless, prior to those dates, 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 SOLAS Contracting Governments to note
that, in accordance with article
VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention:
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(a) the amendments, set out in Annex 1, shall enter into force on
1 July 2008;
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(b) the amendments, set out in Annex 2, shall enter into force on
1 January 2009; and
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(c) the amendments, set out in Annex 3, shall enter into force on
1 July 2010,
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 Annexes 1, 2 and 3 to all Contracting
Governments to the Convention;
5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its Annexes
1, 2 and 3 to Members of the Organization,
which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.