1 Introduction
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1 Introduction

  1.1 This note provides guidance for the drafting of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (the Convention), and related mandatory instruments (hereinafter referred to as the Guidance). It also contains procedural aspects related to the approval and adoption of related amendments.

  1.2 This guidance does not fully apply to amendments to an article of the Convention or to chapter I of the annex to the Convention, where an explicit amendment procedure is required.

  1.3 This guidance should always be read with reference to the provisions of article VIII for amending the Convention and in conjunction with MSC-MEPC.1/Circ.4/Rev.3 on Guidelines on the organization and method of work of the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee and their subsidiary bodies (the Committee's Guidelines) and MSC.1/Circ.1481 on Guidance on entry into force of amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and related mandatory instruments .

  1.4 The process described in this guidance summarizes the most common actions for the consideration and development of amendments to the Convention and related mandatory instruments. Although the approval of draft amendments is not a mandatory requirement under the amendments procedure specified in article VIII of the Convention, it has become the practice of the Committee to submit draft amendments for approval prior to their adoption.

Parent topic: Annex – Guidance on Drafting of Amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and Related Mandatory Instruments
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