RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO article
VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),
concerning the amendment procedure applicable to the annex to the
Convention, other than to the provisions of chapter I thereof,
RECALLING FURTHER that the Assembly, by resolution A.1070(28), adopted the IMO Instruments
Implementation Code (III Code),
NOTING proposed amendments to the Convention to make the
use of the III Code mandatory,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-third session, amendments
to the Convention, proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) thereof,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments
to the Convention, the text of which is set out in the annex to the
present resolution;
2 DETERMINES that, pursuant to new regulation
2 of chapter XIII, whenever the word "should" is used in the III Code
(Annex to resolution A.1070(28)), it is to be read as being "shall",
except for paragraphs 29, 30, 31 and 32;
3 DETERMINES ALSO, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention,
that the said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on
1 July 2015, 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;
4 INVITES SOLAS Contracting Governments to note
that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2)of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on
1 January 2016 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
5 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;
6 ALSO 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.