.13 Renumber present paragraph 3.14 as paragraph 3.16 and amend
the references to present paragraph 3.12 and 3.13 as 3.14 and 3.15.
.14 Insert a new paragraph 3.17 to cover the last two amended
sentences of existing paragraph 3.8, as follows:
"3.17 A routeing system, when adopted by IMO, shall not be
amended or suspended before consultation with and agreement by IMO, unless local
conditions or the urgency of the case as described in paragraph 3.19, require that earlier
action be taken. In considering the proposal, IMO shall take account of the objectives,
procedures, responsibilities, methods and criteria for routeing systems as set out ,n
these General Provisions. A mandatory routeing system, when adopted by IMO, shall not be
temporarily amended or suspended except in urgent cases as described in paragraph
3.19."
.15 Insert a new paragraph 3.18 to deal with reviews of mandatory
routeing systems, as follows:
"3.18 Mandatory routeing systems should be reviewed, as necessary,
by the Government or Governments concerned taking into account pertinent comments, reports
and observations on the routeing system. Elements under review might include variations to
traffic patterns, offshore exploration and exploitation, hydrographical changes,
effectiveness of aids to navigation and other developments."
.16 Insert a new paragraph 3.19 to replace existing paragraph 3.9
as follows:
"3.19 In an emergency such as might result from the
unexpected blocking or obstruction of a traffic lane or any other part of a routeing
system by a wreck or other hazard, immediate temporary changes in the use of the affected
traffic separation scheme or other routeing system may be made by the responsible and
sponsoring Government or Governments, with the objective of directing traffic flow clear
of the new hazard. In such cases, every possible measure shall be taken by the Government
or Governments concerned to immediately inform shipping of the hazard and of the temporary
changes which have been made.
The responsible and sponsoring Government or Governments should inform
IMO as soon as possible of any such changes and their justification."
.17 Renumber existing paragraph 3.15 as paragraph 3.20 and in the
second line amend the second word "her to read "its".
.18 Delete existing paragraph 3.16.
4 METHODS
.1 No amendment to this section is proposed.
Include in figure 3 symbols for inshore traffic zone in the eastern
ITZ.
