2 Goals
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2 Goals

  2.1 The guidance is meant to ensure that submission and development of new or amended regulations is carried out in an appropriately comprehensive and detailed manner and, in particular, that:

  • .1 the application of regulations is sufficiently clear and without the need for additional interpretation;

  • .2 the nomenclature related to the application and the structure of chapters are harmonized through the entire Convention;

  • .3 the implementation of either amendments or new provisions is improved and facilitated through a specified interval between entry into force of successive sets of amendments; and

  • .4 Contracting Governments to the Convention, the Maritime Safety Committee (the Committee) and its subsidiary bodies, including working and drafting groups, as well as other interested parties, are provided with appropriate guidance on drafting of amendments to the Convention and its related mandatory instruments.

  2.2 In order to achieve the above goals, the guidance is based on the following two main principles:

  • .1 a systematic control process throughout the different stages of the amendments' development; and

  • .2 relevant guidance for drafting amendments.

Parent topic: Annex – Guidance on Drafting of Amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and Related Mandatory Instruments
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