(the provisions of this section apply to ships
and to FPSOs, FSUs, offshore supply vessels, special purpose ships
and A.494(XII)-ships which are required to transmit LRIT information
and any reference to a ship below should be considered as including
all the aforesaid)
7.1 Administrations should issue instructions
to masters of ships entitled to fly their flag in relation to whether
they are authorized and, if so, under what circumstances and on how
they are able to reduce, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4.4.1
of the Revised performance standards, the frequency of transmission
of LRIT information or to temporarily stop the transmission of such
information when a ship is undergoing repairs, modifications or conversions
in dry-dock or in port or is laid up for a long period.
7.2 The master of a ship should inform the Administration
without undue delay and make an entry in the record of navigational
activities and incidents maintained in accordance with regulation V/28 indicating the dates
and times between which:
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.1 the shipborne equipment was switched off or
the distribution of LRIT information ceased, where international agreements,
rules or standards provide for the protection of navigational information
(regulation V/19-1.7.1); and
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.2 the frequency of transmission of LRIT information
has been reduced or temporarily stopped, when a ship is undergoing
repairs, modifications or conversions in dry-dock or in port or is
laid up for a long period (paragraph 4.4.1 of the Revised performance
standards).
7.3 In addition, the master of a ship undergoing
repairs, modifications or conversions in dry-dock or in port or is
laid up for a long period, taking into account the instructions of
the Administration, should inform the authorities of the Contracting
Government within whose territory or jurisdiction the ship is located
when the frequency of transmission of LRIT information is reduced
or is temporarily stopped pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
4.4.1 of the Revised performance standards.