Regulation 2 - Application footnote
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Regulation 2 - Application footnote

  1 This chapter applies to ships, regardless of the date of construction, as follows:

  • .1 passenger ships including passenger high-speed craft, not later than 1 July 1998;

  • .2 oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers, bulk carriers and cargo high-speed craft of 500 gross tonnage and upwards, not later than 1 July 1998; and

  • .3 other cargo ships and mobile offshore drilling units of 500 gross tonnage and upwards, not later than 1 July 2002.footnote

  2 This chapter does not apply to government-operated ships used for non-commercial purposes.


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