1 Under certain provisions of the SOLAS and MARPOL
Conventions, the application of regulations to a ship is governed
by the dates:
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.1 for which the building contract is placed on
or after dd/mm/yyyy; or
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.2 in the absence of a building contract, the
keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction
on or after dd/mm/yyyy; or
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.3 the delivery of which is on or after dd/mm/yyyy.
2 For the application of such provisions, the
date on which the building contract is placed for optional ships should
be interpreted to be the date on which the original building contract
to construct the series of ships is signed between the shipowner and
the shipbuilder provided:
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.1 the option for construction of the optional
ship(s) is ultimately exercised within the period of one year after
the date of the original building contract for the series of ships;
and
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.2 the optional ships are of the same design plans
and constructed by the same shipbuilder as that for the series of
ships.
3 The application of regulations governed as described
in paragraph 1, above, is to be applied as follows:
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.1 if a building contract signing date occurs
on or after the contract date specified for a particular set of regulation
amendments, then, that set of regulation amendments applies;
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.2 only in the absence of a building contract
does the keel laying date criteria apply and, if a ship's keel laying
date occurs on or after the keel laying date specified for a particular
set of regulation amendments, then, that set of regulation amendments
applies; and
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.3 regardless of the building contract signing
date or keel laying date, if a ship's delivery date occurs on or after
the delivery date specified for a particular set of regulation amendments,
then, that set of regulation amendments applies except in the case
where the Administration has accepted that the delivery of the ships
was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of
the shipbuilder and the owner.footnote