This document was superseded by MSC.1/Circ.1536
1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth
session (16 to 25 May 2012), with a view to ensuring a uniform approach
towards the application of the provisions of SOLAS regulations II-1/29.3 and 29.4, and
following a recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design
and Equipment, at its fifty-sixth session, approved the annexed unified
interpretation concerning the steering gear test.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
interpretation from 21 May 2012 when applying the relevant provisions
of SOLAS regulations II-1/29.3 and 29.4 and to bring it to the attention
of all parties concerned.