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

 The following records should be created and kept updated for each regulatory development.

 The records can be completed by providing references to paragraphs of related documents containing the relevant information, proposals, discussions and decisions.

1 Title (number and title of regulation(s))
 
2 Origin of the requirement (original proposal document)
 
3 Main reason for the development (extract from the proposal document)
 
4 Related output
 
5 History of the discussion (approval of work programmes, sessions of sub-committees, including CG/DG/WG arrangements)
 
6 Impact on other instruments (e.g. codes, performance standards, guidance circulars, certificates/records format, etc.)
 
7 Technical background
7.1 Scope and objective (to cross check with items 4 and 5 in part II of the checklist)
 
7.2 Technical/operational background and rationale (summary of FSA study, etc., if available or, engineering challenge posed, etc.)
 
7.3 Source/derivation of requirement (non-mandatory instrument, industry standard, national/regional requirement)
 
7.4 Short summary of requirement (what is the new requirement – in short and lay terms)
 
7.5 Points of discussions (controversial points and conclusion)
 
Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1500 – Guidance on Drafting of Amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and Related Mandatory Instruments – (5 January 2015)
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