RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
NOTING proposed amendments to certificates to include the
date of completion of the survey on which the certificates are based,
NOTING ALSO that the Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-ninth
session, adopted the proposed amendments in accordance with article 29(3)(a) of the International Convention
on Load Lines, 1966 (1966 LL Convention),
HAVING CONSIDERED the proposed amendments to the International
Load Line Certificate (1966) and the International Load Line Exemption
Certificate,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article
29(3)(b) of the 1966 LL Convention, the amendments to the International
Load Line Certificate (1966) and the International Load Line Exemption
Certificate of the said Convention, set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
2 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in accordance
with article 29(3)(b) of the 1966 LL Convention,
to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and its annex
to all Contracting Governments to the said Convention, for consideration
and acceptance, and also to transmit copies to all Members of the
Organization;
3 URGES all Governments concerned to accept the
amendments at the earliest possible date;
4 RESOLVES that, should entry into force of the
aforementioned amendments take place following their unanimous acceptance
in accordance with article 29(2) of the
1966 LL Convention, prior to entry into force based on their acceptance
as requested by this resolution, this resolution shall become invalid.