RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the Intentional
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO regulation V18- 1 of the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, concerning the adoption by the Organization
of ship reporting systems,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution A.826(19) which authorizes the
Committee to perform the function of adopting ship reporting systems on behalf of the
Organization,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Guidelines and criteria for ship
reporting systems adopted by resolution MSC.43(64),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on
Safety of Navigation at its forty-first session,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/8-1, mandatory
ship reporting systems:
- "In the Torres Strait region and the Inner route of the
Great Barrier Reef" described in Annex 1 to the present resolution; and
- "Off Ushant" described in Annex 2 to the present
resolution;
2. DECIDES that the mandatory ship reporting system:
- "In the Torres Strait and the Inner route of the Great
Barrier Reef" will enter into force at 0000 UTC hours on 1 January 1997; and
- "Off Ushant" will enter into force at 0000 UTC hours
on [30 November 1996];
3. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to bring this resolution and
its Annexes to the attention of Members of the Organization and Contracting Governments to
the 1974 SOLAS Convention.
