1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-ninth
session (11 to 20 May 2011), agreed that the Committee, when it adopted
resolution MSC.269(85), to amend
SOLAS regulation II-2/19, concerning
the special fire protection requirements applicable to the carriage
of dangerous goods, it unintentionally applied:
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.1 regulation 19.3.3 to cargo ships of 500 gross
tonnage and above and passenger ships constructed on or after 1 February
1992 but before 1 July 2002; and
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.2 regulations 19.3.1, 19.3.5, 19.3.6, 19.3.9
to cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and above and passenger ships
constructed on or after 1 September 1984 but before 1 July 2002.
2 Consequently, the Committee approved draft amendments
to SOLAS regulation II-2/1.2.4,
to clarify the application of SOLAS regulation
II-2/19.3 to existing ships, adding the following new subparagraphs:
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“.7 cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and
above and passenger ships constructed on or after 1 February 1992
but before 1 July 2002 need not comply with regulation 19.3.3 provided
that they comply with regulation 54.2.3, as adopted by resolution
MSC.13(57); and
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.8 cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and above
and passenger ships constructed on or after 1 September 1984 but before
1 July 2002 need not comply with regulations 19.3.1, 19.3.5, 19.3.6,
19.3.9 provided that they comply with regulations 54.2.1, 54.2.5,
54.2.6, 54.2.9, as adopted by resolution MSC.1(XLV)."
3 Pending the entry into force of these amendments,
Member Governments are invited to apply the amendments to SOLAS regulation II-2/19.3, as adopted
by resolution MSC.269(85), taking
into account the aforementioned intention of the Committee.