1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-first
session (19 to 28 May 1999), approved, with a view to ensuring uniform
application of the Standards for fixed sprinkler systems for high-speed
craft (resolution MSC.44(65)), interpretations
to the relevant sections of the Standards, prepared by the Sub-Committee
on Fire Protection, as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
interpretations as guidance when applying the relevant parts of the
Standards to fire protection of high-speed craft where the International
Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code)
requires the installation of fixed sprinkler systems, on or after
21 May 1999, and to bring these interpretations to the attention of
all parties concerned.