Regulation 1 – Definitions
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Regulation 1 – Definitions

  12 Existing paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

 "For the purpose of this chapter:

  • 1 High-Speed Craft Code, 1994 (1994 HSC Code) means the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization by resolution MSC.36(63), as may be amended by the Organization, provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the Annex other than chapter I.

  • .2 High-Speed Craft Code, 2000 (2000 HSC Code) means the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000 adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization by resolution MSC.97(73), as may be amended by the Organization, provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the Annex other than chapter I."

  13 Existing paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

 “3 High-speed craft is a craft capable of a maximum speed, in metres per second (m/s), equal to or exceeding:

 where:

 excluding craft the hull of which is supported comple tely clear above the water surface in non-displacement mode by aerodynamic forces generated by ground effect."

  14 The existing paragraphs 3 and 4 are renumbered as paragraphs 4 and 5.

  15 In the renumbered paragraph 5, in subparagraph .2, the figure "1%" is replaced by "3%".

Parent topic: Chapter X – Safety Measures for High–Speed Craft
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