The Maritime Safety Committee (the Committee) decided that:
1.1 For the purpose of the Transitional arrangements:
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Convention means the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended;
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Contracting Government means a
Contracting Government to the Convention;
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Chapter means a chapter of the
annex to the Convention;
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Regulation means a regulation
of the annex to the Convention;
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LRIT information means the information
specified in regulation V/19-1.5;
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Ship means a ship, high-speed
craft and mobile offshore drilling units which is required to comply
with the provisions of regulation V/19-1 and
transmit LRIT information;
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Record of Equipment means the
Record of Equipment for the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate (Form
P), the Record of Equipment for the Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate
(Form E), the Record of Equipment for the Cargo Ship Safety Certificate
(Form C) and the Record of Equipment for High-Speed Craft Safety Certificate
issued under the provisions of the International Code
of Safety for High-Speed Craft or the International
Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000;
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Conformance test report means
the Conformance test report specified in section 7 of the annex to
MSC.1/Circ.1296 on Guidance on the survey and certification of compliance
of ships with the requirement to transmit LRIT information;
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Revised performance standards means
the Revised performance standards and functional requirements for
the Long-range identification and tracking of ships adopted by resolution MSC.263(84).
1.2 Terms not otherwise defined in the Transitional
arrangements should have the same meaning as the meaning attributed
to them in chapters I, V and IX and/or
the Revised performance standards.
2 The provisions of the Transitional arrangements
apply during the period between 31 December 2008 and 30 June 2009.
3 Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 4 and
5, the provisions of the Transitional arrangements apply only to Contracting
Governments which have established LRIT Data Centres which have been
integrated into, and are operating in, the LRIT system and Contracting
Governments which are in the process of establishing LRIT Data Centres
which have not been integrated into the LRIT system before 31 December
2008 but whose testing and integration would take place on or after
31 December 2008 and during the period the Transitional arrangements
apply.
4 Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation V/19-1 and of the Revised
performance standards in relation to communication of information
to the Organization, a Contracting Government establishing an LRIT
Data Centre which has not been integrated into the LRIT system before
31 December 2008 wishing to follow the provisions of the Transitional
arrangements should communicatefootnote to
the Organization as soon as possible and without delay:
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.1 the information required by the provisions
of regulation V/19-1.8.2 and
paragraphs 5.2, 8.1 or 8.2, and 11.2, and 8.3.2 or 16.1.1, when applicable,
of the Revised performance standards; and
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.2 details of the Application Service Providers
(ASPs) they have authorized to act on their behalf as authorized testing
ASPsfootnote,
and should, thereafter, update the aforesaid information as
and when changes occur.
5 A Contracting Government establishing an LRIT
Data Centre which has not been integrated into the LRIT system before
31 December 2008 wishing to follow the provisions of the Transitional
arrangements should, in addition to the information specified in paragraph
4, inform the Organization when the LRIT Data Centre it is in the
process of establishing would be ready to commence testing with a
view to integration into the LRIT system so that it can receive LRIT
information transmitted by ships entitled to fly its flag and provide
such information to other Contracting Governments and Search and rescue
services upon request.
6 The Organization should, as from 30 December
2008 and for the period during which the Transitional arrangements
apply, issue and make publicly available, and when changes occur update,
a list showing which Contracting Governments:
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.1 have established LRIT Data Centres which have
been integrated into the LRIT system; or
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.2 are in the process of establishing LRIT Data
Centres and have communicated to the Organization the information
specified in paragraphs 4 and 5.
7 Contracting Governments would be unable to request
and receive, pursuant to the provisions of regulations V/19-1.8.1.2 and V/19-1.8.1.3, LRIT
information transmitted by ships entitled to fly the flags of Contracting
Governments which have not been able to complete the establishment,
testing and integration of their LRIT Data Centres into the LRIT system,
or have not made arrangements (refer to paragraphs 8.3.2 and 16.1.1
of the Revised performance standards) with other LRIT Data Centres
for providing LRIT Data Centre services to them.
8 The situation which arises, as outlined in paragraph
7, is outside of the control of the ships entitled to fly the flags
of Contracting Governments whose LRIT Data Centres have not been integrated
into the LRIT system, or of the companies which operate them.
9 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph
3, for the period during which the Transitional arrangements apply
and taking into account the provisions of regulation
V/19-1.4.1 in relation to the phased in implementations of
the requirement to transmit LRIT information, all Contracting Governments,
when exercising control of ships pursuant to the provisions of regulation I/19, should consider ships
as complying with the requirement to transmit LRIT information and
should not delay or detain any ship solely on account of not being
able to receive LRIT information transmitted by the ship in question
as long as the ship concerned:
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.1 is entitled to fly the flag of a Contracting
Government which is included in the list published by the Organization
in accordance with paragraph 6;
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.2 has on board a valid Conformance test report,
issued in accordance with the provisions of MSC/Circ.1296 on Guidance on the survey and certification of compliance
of ships with the requirement to transmit LRIT information; and
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.3 its Record of equipmentfootnote has been amended to indicate that its compliance
with the requirement to transmit LRIT information (i.e. the entry
on “Long-range identification and tracking system” indicates
compliance).
10 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph
9, Contracting Governments are and remain entitled to the right to
exercise control and compliance measures pursuant to the provisions
of regulation XI-2/9, as they deem
appropriate. However, any Contracting Government exercising such right
should not do so merely because of the circumstances stated in paragraph
7.
11 As a result of the delays in the completion
of the establishment of the LRIT system, Contracting Governments establishing
LRIT Data Centres which have been, or would be, integrated into the
LRIT system would be unable, for some time, to recover part of the
expenditure they incur in relation to the transmission of LRIT information
by ships entitled to fly their flags and in connection with the operation
of their LRIT Data Centres, from other Contracting Governments which
might wish to request and receive such LRIT information.
11.1 For the period during which the Transitional
arrangements apply, Contracting Governments operating LRIT Data Centres
which have been integrated into the LRIT system might opt to direct
the setting of shipborne equipment of ships entitled to fly their
flags to automatically transmit the ship's LRIT information at intervals
greater than the 6-hour interval specified in paragraph 4.4 of the
Revised performance standards.
11.1.1 In such cases the time interval at which
the shipborne equipment might be set to automatically transmit the
ship's LRIT information is at the discretion of the Contracting Government
concerned.
11.2 Contracting Governments opting to direct
the setting of shipborne equipment at intervals greater than 6 hours
should ensure that LRIT Data Users requesting LRIT information pursuant
to the provisions of regulations V/19-1.8.1.2,
V/19-1.8.1.3 or V/19-1.12 are provided, in a timely manner,
with all the LRIT information they are entitled to, as if the shipborne
equipment of the ships in question were set to automatically transmit
LRIT information at 6-hour intervals.
11.2.1 The expenditure for the setting and resetting
the shipborne equipment, in case a Contracting Government has opted
to direct the setting of shipborne equipment at intervals greater
than 6 hours, should be on its account and it should not seek to recover
the expenditure by levying additional or other charges to be paid
by the Contracting Government requesting the LRIT information.
11.3 For the period during which the Transitional
arrangements apply, Contracting Governments able and wishing to request
and receive LRIT information transmitted by ships entitled to fly
the flags of other Contracting Governments operating LRIT Data Centres
which have been integrated into the LRIT system should, taking into
account the provisions of regulations
V/19-1.8.1.2 and V/19-1.8.1.3 and of paragraphs 16.1.3 and
16.1.4 of the Revised performance standards, communicate to the Organization
the relevant details.
11.3.1 The Organization should, as from 30 December
2008 and for the period during which the Transitional arrangements
apply, issue and make publicly available, and when changes occur update,
a list showing the information communicated to it pursuant to paragraph
12.3. Such list may be combined with the list referred to in paragraph
6.