1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-ninth
session (1 to 10 December 2004), approved an amendment to the Guidelines
for the design, construction and operation of passenger submersible
craft (MSC/Circ.981) regarding the
date of completion of the survey on which the Safety Compliance Certificate
is based, the text of which is set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed amendment to the attention of all parties concerned and to
apply them when issuing Safety Compliance Certificates for passenger
submersible craft.