RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.36(63),
by which it adopted the International Code of Safety for High-Speed
Craft, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as "the 1994
HSC Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter X of the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred
to as "the Convention"),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-ninth session, amendments
to the 1994 HSC Code proposed and circulated
in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of
the Convention,
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the
Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted
on 1 January 2006 unless, prior to that date, more than one third
of the Contracting Governments to the Convention or Contracting Governments
the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50%
of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have notified
their objections to the amendments;
3. INVITES Contracting Governments to note that,
in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on
1 July 2006 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article VIII(b)(v) of
the Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution
and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Contracting Governments
to the Convention;
5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its Annex to
Members of the Organization, which are not Contracting Governments
to the Convention.