Regulation 2 - Application
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Regulation 2 - Application

  1 This chapter applies to high-speed craft constructed on or after 1 January 1996, as follows:

  • .1 passenger craft which do not proceed in the course of their voyage more than 4 h at operational speed from a place of refuge when fully laden; and

  • .2 cargo craft of 500 gross tonnage and upwards which do not proceed in course of their voyage more than 8 h at operational speed from a place of refuge when fully laden.

  2 Any craft, irrespective of the date of construction, which undergoes repairs, alterations, modifications and outfitting related thereto shall continue to comply with at least the requirements previously applicable to the craft. Such a craft, if constructed before 1 July 2002, shall, as a rule, comply with the requirements for a craft constructed on or after that date to at least the same extent as it did before undergoing such repairs, alterations, modifications or outfitting. Repairs, alterations and modifications of a major character, and outfitting related thereto, shall meet the requirements for a craft constructed on or after 1 July 2002 in so far as the Administration deems reasonable and practicable.

Parent topic: Chapter X - Safety measures for high-speed craft
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