The Rules incorporate the final text of the IGC Code in full at the date
of publication. For the purposes of classification with LR and assignment of the
notations provided for in LR III, ships for liquefied gases are required to comply
with these Rules and the relevant provisions of the LR’s Rules and Regulations
for the Classification of Ships
footnote. Classification requirements which are additional to the
requirements of the IGC Code have been included as far as practicable in these
Rules. All text which does not appear in the IGC Code and all paragraphs which do
not appear in the Code are prefixed by ‘LR’.