RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
RECALLING ALSO that it adopted resolution A.536(13) on the
Code of Safety for Diving Systems,
RECALLING FURTHER that, by resolution A.583(14), it adopted
amendments to the Code in order to reflect the latest improvements
in safety measures for diving systems,
NOTING that the Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-fifth
session, approved amendments to resolution A.536(13) following a general
revision of the Code,
RECOGNIZING the need for a revised text of the Code of Safety
for Diving Systems which incorporates all the amendments approved
since its original adoption, for easier implementation of its provisions,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its sixty-fifth session,
1. ADOPTS the Code of Safety for Diving Systems,
1995 set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments concerned to:
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(a) take appropriate steps to apply the Code as
early as possible;
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(b) consider the Code as a minimum international
standard for the design, construction and survey of diving systems;
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(c) introduce the Code into national legislation;
and
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(d) inform the Organization of measures taken
with regard to the application of the Code;
3. AUTHORIZES the Maritime Safety Committee to
amend the Code as necessary in the light of further developments and
experience gained from the implementation of the provisions contained
therein;