Appendix 1
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.974(24) – Framework and Procedures for the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme – (Adopted on 1 December 2005) - Annex - Part I – Framework for the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit - Appendix 1

Appendix 1

Parent topic: Part I – Framework for the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit

Areas Under the STCW Convention to be Covered by the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit

Dispensations (Article VIII) Are reports related to dispensations issued during the year to seagoing ships sent to the Secretary-General?
Equivalents (Article IX) Has the Party retained/adopted any equivalent educational and training arrangements since communicating information pursuant to regulation I/7? If yes, have the details of such arrangements been reported to the Secretary-General for circulation to all STCW Parties?
Control (Article X) Has the Party enacted legislation permitting port State control on foreign ships visiting their ports?
Communication of information (Article IV and regulation I/7) Has the Party communicated information pursuant to Article IV and regulation I/7?
  If yes, is the Party confirmed by the Maritime Safety Committee as found to be giving 'full and complete effect' to the provisions of the STCW Convention?
  Has the Party made any changes to the legal and administrative measures after communicating information pursuant to Article IV and regulation I/7 to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Convention, in particular regulations I/6, I/9 and I/10?
  If yes, has this information been communicated to the Secretary-General?
Quality standards – Independent evaluation (Regulation I/8) Has the Party communicated its report of independent evaluation pursuant to regulation I/8?
  If yes, and the Maritime Safety Committee has confirmed that the Party continues to give 'full and complete effect' to the provisions of the STCW Convention, the objective evidence would be the report itself.
Watchkeeping (Regulations VIII/1 and VIII/2) Has the Party enacted legislation to establish and enforce rest periods for watchkeeping personnel and to direct the attention of companies, masters, chief engineer officers and all watchkeeping personnel to the requirements, principles and guidance set out in the STCW Code to ensure that safe continuous watches appropriate to prevailing circumstances and conditions are maintained in all seagoing ships at all times?
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