RECALLING article VI of the Convention on the International
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (hereinafter referred
to as "the Convention"), on amendments to the Regulations,
RECALLING ALSO that, by resolution
A.1070(28), it adopted the IMO Instruments Implementation Code
(III Code),
NOTING proposed amendments to the Convention to make the
use of the III Code mandatory,
HAVING CONSIDERED the amendments to the Convention, adopted
by the Maritime Safety Committee at its ninety-first session and communicated
to all Contracting Parties in accordance with paragraph 2, article
VI of the Convention; and also the recommendations of the Maritime
Safety Committee concerning the entry into force of these amendments,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with paragraph 3, article
VI of the Convention, the amendments set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
2. DECIDES, in accordance with paragraph 4, article
VI of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January
2016, unless by 1 July 2015 more than one third of Contracting Parties
to the Convention have notified their objection to the amendments;
3. DETERMINES that, pursuant to new rule 40 of
new part F, whenever the word "should" is used in the III Code (annex
to resolution A.1070(28)), it is
to be read as being "shall", except for paragraphs 29, 30, 31 and
32;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with paragraph 3, article VI of the Convention, to communicate these
amendments to all Contracting Parties to the Convention for acceptance;
5 INVITES Contracting Parties to the Convention
to submit any objections they may have to the amendments not later
than 1 July 2015, whereafter the amendments shall be deemed to have
been accepted for entry into force as determined in the present resolution.