3 Application
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3 Application

  3.1 This Code applies to:

  • .1 the following types of ships engaged on international voyages:

    • .1 passenger ships, including high-speed passenger craft;

    • .2 cargo ships, including high-speed craft, of 500 gross tonnage and upwards; and

    • .3 mobile offshore drilling units; and

  • .2 port facilities serving such ships engaged on international voyages.

  3.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3.1.2, Contracting Governments shall decide the extent of application of this Part of the Code to those port facilities within their territory which, although used primarily by ships not engaged on international voyages, are required, occasionally, to serve ships arriving or departing on an international voyage.

  3.2.1 Contracting Governments shall base their decisions, under section 3.2, on a port facility security assessment carried out in accordance with this Part of the Code.

  3.2.2 Any decision which a Contracting Government makes, under section 3.2, shall not compromise the level of security intended to be achieved by chapter XI-2 or by this Part of the Code.

  3.3 This Code does not apply to warships, naval auxiliaries or other ships owned or operated by a Contracting Government and used only on Government non-commercial service.

  3.4 Sections 5 to 13 and 19 of this part apply to Companies and ships as specified in regulation XI-2/4.

  3.5 Sections 5 and 14 to 18 of this part apply to port facilities as specified in regulation XI-2/10.

  3.6 Nothing in this Code shall prejudice the rights or obligations of States under international law.

Parent topic: Part A - Mandatory requirements regarding the provisions of chapter XI-2 of the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended
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