ANNEX
DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974
CHAPTER V SAFETY OF NAVIGATION
The existing text of chapter V is replaced by the following:
Regulation 1
Application
1 Unless expressly provided otherwise, this chapter shall apply to all ships on all voyages, except [ships of war] [warships, naval auxiliary or other vessels owned or operated by a Contracting Government and used for the time being only on government non-commercial service] and ships solely navigating the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock at Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Canada.
2 The Administration may decide to what extent in this chapter shall apply to ships operating solely in waters landward of the baselines which are established in accordance with international law.
3 A rigidly connected composite unit of a pushing vessel and associated pushed vessel, when designed as a dedicated and integrated tug and barge combination, shall be regarded as a single ship for the purpose of this chapter.
.1 ships below 150 gross tonnage of all voyages; and
.2 ships below 500 gross tonnage not engaged on international voyages[ . ] [; and
.3 fishing vessels.]
Regulation 2
Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter:
1 Constructed in respect of a ship means a stage of construction where:
.1 the keel is laid; or
.2 construction identifiable with a specific ship begins; or
