RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and guidelines
concerning maritime safety,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.36(63), by which the Maritime Safety
Committee, on 20 May 1994, adopted the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft
(HSC Code),
RECALLING FURTHER resolution 1 of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, by which the
Conference, on 24 May 1994, adopted amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention, including a
new chapter X on safety measures for high-speed craft, which makes the provisions of the
HSC Code mandatory under that Convention for all such craft constructed on or after 1
January 1996,
BEARING IN MIND section 13.13 of the HSC Code, which requires that all navigational
equipment to which chapter 13 applies should conform to performance standards not
inferior to those adopted by the Organization,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its
sixty-fourth session,
1. ADOPTS the Recommendation on Performance Standards for Automatic Steering Aids
(Automatic Pilots) for High-Speed Craft set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
2. RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that automatic steering aids (automatic pilots)
required to be carried on high-speed craft conform to performance standards not inferior
to those set out in the annex to the present resolution;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to keep these Performance Standards under
review and to adopt amendments thereto, as necessary.