3.1
Administration means the Government
of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.
3.2
Approval expiry date means the
last date on which the subsequent approval is valid as proof of meeting
the fire safety requirements of the Convention.
3.3
Competent authority means an
organization authorized by the Administration to perform functions
required by this Code.
3.4
Convention means the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended.
3.5
Fire Test Procedures Code means
the International Code for Application of Fire Test Procedures as
defined in chapter II-2 of the 1974
SOLAS Convention, as amended.
3.6
High-Speed Craft Code 1994 (1994 HSC Code)
means the International Code of Safety
for High-Speed Craft adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the
Organization by resolution MSC.36(63),
as amended.
3.7
High-Speed Craft Code 2000 (2000 HSC Code)
means the International
Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000, adopted by the Maritime
Safety Committee of the Organization by resolution
MSC.97(73), as amended.
3.8
Laboratory recognized by the Administration means a testing laboratory which is acceptable to the Administration
concerned. Other testing laboratories may be recognized on a case-by-case
basis for specific approvals as agreed upon by the Administration
concerned.
3.9
Standard fire test means a test
in which specimens are exposed in a test furnace to temperatures corresponding
approximately to the standard time-temperature curve.
3.10
Sustained flaming means a presence
of flames on or over any part of a specimen lasting 5 s or longer.
3.11
Test expiry date means the last
date on which the given test procedure may be used to test and subsequently
approve any product under the Convention.
3.12
The standard time-temperature curve means
the time-temperature curve defined by the formula:
Where:
- T is the average furnace temperature (°C)
- t is the time (min).