VOLUNTARY EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMENDMENT[S] TO […] ADOPTED BY
RESOLUTION MSC.[…]([…])
1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its […] session ([dates of the
session]), adopted the amendment[s] to […].
2 The entry-into-force date of the aforementioned amendment[s] is
[date].
3 In adopting the amendment[s] to […], the Committee, having considered
the need for [its][their] voluntary early implementation, in accordance with the
Guidelines on the voluntary early implementation of amendments to the 1974
SOLAS Convention and related mandatory instruments (MSC.1/Circ.1565), agreed
to invite the Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended, to implement [it][them] prior to the
entry-into-force date.
4 Voluntary early implementation should be communicated by a Contracting
Government to the Organization for dissemination through GISIS.
5 In addition to the aforementioned communication, a Contracting
Government may also consider the use of the existing provisions for equivalent
arrangements under SOLAS regulation I/5 to cover the interim period
between the date of the voluntary early implementation and the entry-into-force date
of the amendment[s].
6 A Contracting Government, in line with paragraph 1.2.3 of the
Procedures for Port State Control, 2011 (resolution A.1052(27)), as may be amended, when acting as a port State,
should refrain from enforcing its decision to voluntarily early implement the
amendment[s] to […] to ships entitled to fly the flag of other Contracting
Governments, calling at its ports.
7 The Contracting Governments, when undertaking port State control
activities, should take into account the present invitation and any subsequent
notifications communicated by other Contracting Governments through GISIS.
8 Contracting Governments are invited to be guided accordingly and to
bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all concerned, especially
port State control authorities and recognized organizations.