General
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1295 – Guidance in Relation to Certain Types of Ships which are Required to Transmit LRIT Information on Exemptions and Equivalents and on Certain Operational Matters – (8 December 2008) - Annex – Guidance in Relation to Certain Types of Ships which are Required to Transmit LRIT Information on Exemptions and Equivalents and on Certain Operational Matters - Exemptions and Equivalents - General

General

  6.1.1 Although the provisions of regulation V/19-1 do not include any expressed provisions which allow or enable an Administration to grant exemptions from, or equivalents to, the requirement to transmit LRIT information, when such exemptions or equivalents are warranted, Administrations may invoke, in lieu, the provisions of regulation V/3.2 when considering or granting any exemptions or equivalents to the provisions of regulation V/19-1. In such cases, the Administration concerned should comply with the provisions of regulation V/3.3.

  6.1.2 Administrations, when invoking the provisions of regulation V/3.2, should take, in addition to what is expressly stipulated in the aforesaid regulation, the effect such exemptions or equivalents have on measures established by the Organization with a view to enhancing maritime security and should consult with the Contracting Government(s) within whose jurisdiction the port(s) or place(s) to which the ship is proceeding to is/are located and with the Contracting Government(s) of the coast of which the ship might be navigating.

  6.1.3 Notwithstanding any additional conditions which the Administration concerned may stipulate when granting exemptions or equivalents from the requirement to transmit LRIT information, the ship concerned should be required, in lieu of transmitting LRIT information, to either:

  • .1 provide a copy of the voyage or passage planfootnote for the specific voyage to the Contracting Government within whose jurisdiction the port or place to which the ship is proceeding to is located and to the Contracting Governments of the coast of which the ship might be navigating and any changes thereto; or

  • .2 report its positions at regular intervals, to be determined by the Administration taking into account the specific voyage or passage plan, to the aforesaid Contracting Governments, if provided with the means for doing so.


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