The Maritime Safety Committee decided that:
1 For the purpose of this scheme:
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.1 “Gross Tonnage” means the gross
tonnage of the ship as determined under the provisions of the International
Convention on the Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 and shown on
the International Tonnage Certificate (1969) of the ship;
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.2 “Requirements” means the requirements
of SOLAS chapter IX and the ISM Code;
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.3 “Cargo ship” means a cargo ship,
irrespective of the date on which the keel of the ship was laid, of
500 gross tonnage and upwards engaged on international voyages which
have not been required by the Administration to comply with the Requirements
on the grounds of national tonnage rules;
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.4 “Special purpose ship” means a
special purpose ship as defined in the SPS Code,
irrespective of the date on which the keel of the ship was laid, of
500 gross tonnage and upwards engaged on international voyages which
have not been required by the Administration to comply with the Requirements;
and
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.5 “SPS Code”
means the Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships which is annexed
to resolution A.534(13) as amendedfootnote.
2 Terms not otherwise defined in this Scheme shall
have the same meaning as the meaning attributed to them in SOLAS chapters I and IX or
the ISM Code.
3 Cargo ships, special purpose ships and Companies
operating such ships which have not been required to comply with the
Requirements shall comply with the Requirements not later than 1 January
2010.
4 Cargo ships and special purpose ships which,
on the date of adoption of the Scheme, were holding a valid Safety
Management Certificate or Interim Safety Management Certificate shall
not be entitled to any benefits under this Scheme and shall maintain
compliance with the Requirements. Companies, as defined in STCW Convention, regulation I/1.1.23, operating such ships
shall maintain compliance with the requirements of STCW Convention, regulation I/14 and STCW Code, section A-1/14. In addition, such ships
shall remain subject to control pursuant to the provisions of SOLAS regulations I/19, IX/6.2 and XI-1/4 and STCW
Convention, article X and regulation I/4.
5 Contracting Governments when exercising control
pursuant to the provisions of SOLAS regulations
I/19, IX/6.2 and XI-I/4 in relation to cargo ships and
special purpose ships shall adhere to the provisions of the Scheme.
6 This Scheme shall cease to apply on 1 January
2010.