1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-second
session (29 November to 8 December 2006), with a view to providing
more specific guidance for vague expressions such as “other
means”, which are open to different interpretations contained
in IMO instruments, approved the unified interpretations of SOLAS chapter V prepared by the Sub-Committee on
Safety of Navigation, as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretations as guidance when applying relevant provisions
of SOLAS chapter V to construction,
installation, arrangements and equipment to be installed on board
ships on or after 1 July 2007 and to bring the unified interpretations
to the attention of all parties concerned.