1
The model letter provided below has been
developed for use by Contracting Governments establishing National
LRIT Data Centres.
2
Contracting Governments establishing Regional
or Cooperative LRIT Data Centres may modify accordingly the model
letter provided below and should consult with the Secretariat to this
end.
3
The part of model letter provided below
relating to the communication of information in relation to authorized
testing ASPs may be in a separate communication and the model may
be used by all Contracting Governments irrespective of the LRIT Data
Centre they will be establishing or using.
4
Contracting Governments not establishing
LRIT Data Centres but using the services of centres established by
other Contracting Governments may modify accordingly the model provided
below and should consult with the Secretariat to this end.
5
Contracting Governments may opt to communicate
in the first instance the names and contact details of the designated
national point of contact for communications in relation to matters
pertaining to LRIT-related matters and of his/her alternates, if any.
In such cases, the designated national point of contact should communicate
the rest of the required information using the model provided below
by modifying it accordingly and before doing so should consult with
the Secretariat.
6
Contracting Governments are advised that
the designated national point of contact would be issued with the
required user name and password for access to the LRIT Data Distribution
Plan and would be able to activate at any time thereafter the part
of the plan which pursuant to the provisions of regulation V/19-1.9.1
would indicate to all Contracting Governments that the Contracting
Government who has designate him/her as the national point of contact
has decided that LRIT information about ships entitled to fly its
flag shall not be provided pursuant to the provisions of regulation
V/19-1.8.1.3 to one or several of the Contracting Governments. It
would also be able, at any time thereafter, to amend, suspend or annul
such actions. It is the responsibility of the Contracting Governments
to issue appropriate instructions in this respect to those they would
be designating as national points of contact and to monitor and supervise
their action.
7
Contracting Governments should consult
with the Secretariat as far as the communication of information in
relation to non-metropolitan territories to which the application
of the Convention has been extend or special administrative regions
in which the Convention applies.