1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-seventh
session (28 May to 6 June 2003), having considered a recommendation
made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment at its forty-sixth
session, and agreeing that there was a need to ensure uniformity in
the application of SOLAS regulation XII/13 –
Availability of pumping systems, as well as consistency with SOLAS regulation XII/12 - Hold, ballast
and dry space water level detectors, approved an interpretation of
the said regulation, as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
interpretation when applying the provisions of SOLAS
regulation XII/13, and to bring it to the attention of all
parties concerned.