1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth
session (16 to 25 May 2012), reviewed and approved a revised unified
interpretation of SOLAS regulation V/23 concerning
the installation date of pilot transfer equipment and arrangements,
stipulated in paragraph 1.2 of the regulation, as follows:
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.1 for ships for which the building contract is
placed on or after 1 July 2012, or in the absence of the contract,
constructed on or after 1 July 2012, "installed on or after 1 July
2012" means any installation on the ship; and
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.2 for ships other than those ships prescribed
in .1 above, "installed on or after 1 July 2012" means a contractual
delivery date for the system, in its entirety or for individual components
of the system, as relevant, to the ship on or after 1 July 2012 or,
in the absence of a contractual delivery date, the actual delivery
of the system, in its entirety or for individual components, to the
ship on or after 1 July 2012. This does not apply to equipment and
arrangements covered by paragraph 1.4 of regulation
V/23.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the above
revised interpretation when applying SOLAS regulation
V/23 and to bring it to the attention of all parties concerned.
3 This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1375.