1.2 Application
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1.2 Application

  1.2.1 Except as provided in 8.3, the Code applies to every special purpose ship of not less than 500 gross tonnage certified on or after 13.May 2008. The Administration may also apply these provisions as far as reasonable and practicable to special purpose ships of less than 500 gross tonnage and to special purpose ships constructed before 13 May 2008.

  1.2.2 This Code does not apply to ships meeting the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU Code).

  1.2.3 The Code is not intended for ships used to transport and accommodate industrial personnel that are not working on board.

Parent topic: Chapter 1 – General
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