RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO that the Assembly, when adopting resolution A.373(X) on the Code of Safety for Dynamically
Supported Craft (DSC Code) for craft such as
hydrofoil boats and air-cushion vehicles which were increasingly being
introduced in international transport, authorized the Committee to
amend the Code as may be necessary,
NOTING that dynamically supported craft continue to be constructed
and operated internationally,
RECOGNIZING that the SOLAS Conference to be held on 17 and
24 May 1994 will be invited to adopt amendments which, inter
alia, include a new chapter X on
safety measures for high speed craft, to make the provisions of the
International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft (HSC Code) mandatory
under the 1974 SOLAS Convention, for craft constructed on or after
1 January 1996,
RECOGNIZING FURTHER the need to incorporate improvements
to maritime safety standards made since the adoption of the DSC Code in the provisions of the current DSC Code for craft constructed before the HSC Code enters into force,
HAVING CONSIDERED at its sixty-third session the text of
the proposed amendments to the DSC Code, which
were developed while preparing the HSC Code by
a thorough revision of the DSC Code,
1. ADOPTS amendments to the DSC
Code, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present
resolution:
2. RECOMMENDS Governments to apply the amended DSC Code to craft constructed before 1 January 1996.