7.1 General
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7.1 General

  7.1.1 Administrations should, as soon as possible and well before 31 December 2008, provide to:

  • .1 Companies and owners of ships entitled to fly their flag relevant guidance on all pertinent LRIT-related matters and in particular information in relation to the LRIT Data Centre to which ships should transmit LRIT information, the ASPs they have recognized within the framework of the Revised performance standards, the ASPs they have authorized to carry out conformance tests and the survey and certification of the compliance of ships with the provisions of regulation V/19-1 and the Revised performance standards; and

  • .2 Recognized Organizations which may be authorized to survey and certify the compliance of the ships entitled to fly their flag with the requirements of regulation V/19-1 and the Revised performance standards, relevant instructions including information in relation to the ASPs they have recognized,

and thereafter should, without undue delay, update the information provided.

  7.1.2 Administrations should, as soon as possible and well before 31 December 2008, provide to the LRIT Data Centre they have decided to use the information specified in paragraph 15.2 of the Revised performance standards in relation to the ships which are entitled to fly their flag.

  7.1.2.1 However, in doing so Administrations should note that in simplified terms regulation V/19-1.4.1 specifies that ships constructed on or after 31 December 2008 shall transmit LRIT information as from the date they enter service and for ships constructed before 31 December 2008 provides a phased-in implementation schedule which is dependant, inter alia, on the date on which the first survey of the radio installation of the ship becomes due after 31 December 2008 and in the case of ships which operate exclusively in sea area A4 after 1 July 2009. Thus for ships constructed before 31 December 2008:

  • .1 other than those operating exclusively within sea area A4, the phased-in implementation would end on 31 December 2009. However, in such cases if the Contracting Government is also a State Party to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol the phased in implementation would end on 31 March 2010; and

  • .2 operating exclusively within sea area A4, the phased-in implementation would end on 1 July 2010. However, in such cases if the Contracting Government is also a State Party to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol the phased-in implementation would end on 1 October 2010.

  7.1.2.2 As a result, for ships constructed before 31 December 2008, Administrations may opt, subject to the arrangements to be agreed with the LRIT Data Centre concerned, to provide the information specified in paragraph 15.2 of the Revised performance standards in stages at agreed periodical intervals which ensure that the centre is provided with the information in a timely manner. During the initial implementation of the LRIT system such an arrangement may prove to be beneficial for the Administration and the centre concerned especially if a large number of ships are involved or ships are likely to be transferred to the flag of another Contracting Government or another State during the period of the phased-in implementation.

  7.1.3 Subject to the provisions of paragraph 7.1.2.2, Administrations are advised to provide the information specified in paragraph 15.2 of the Revised performance standards to the ASPs they recognize within the framework of the Revised performance standards, and to the ASPs they have authorized to carry out conformance tests. The ASPs, in order to provide the required services, may require additional information for example the shipborne equipment identifier for each of the ships which will be transmitting LRIT information through them to an LRIT Data Centre or other technical details of the shipborne equipment to be used for the transmission of LRIT information. In such cases the Administration should either provide the required information or should direct Companies operating ships entitled to fly its flag to provide to the ASPs the relevant information.

  7.1.4 Administrations should comply at all times with the provisions of paragraphs 15.3 to 15.5 of the Revised performance standards and should communicate to the LRIT Data Centre and to ASPs concerned the related information in a timely manner.

  7.1.5 The communication of information by an Administration to Recognized Organizations acting on its behalf in relation to matters which fall within the scope of the provisions of paragraphs 15.3 to 15.5 of the Revised performance standards is outside the scope of this guidance and remains subject to the arrangements agreed between the Administration and the Recognized Organizations concerned.

  7.1.6 Administrations should provide to Recognized Organizations acting on its behalf relevant instructions in relation to the survey and certification of ships which are entitled to fly their flag.

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