5.46 The Sub-Committee also recalled that, at its forty-third session, that it had not had time to consider the remainder of regulation 1 or regulations 2 and 3 and had agreed to consider the various comments and proposals submitted thereon by COMSAR 2 (COMSAR 2/13) Japan (NAV 43/5/8), Germany and the Netherlands (NAV 43/5), Russian Federation (NAV 43/5/3), Sweden (NAV 43/5/5), United States (NAV 43/5/2), and IHO (NAV 43/7/17) at NAV 44.
5.47 The Sub-Committee noted that, at its forty-fourth session it had not considered regulations 1,2 and 3.
5.48 The Sub-Committee reconsidered the relevant proposals and agreed that the issue of application of Chapter V to ships of war was of a political nature and should be decided by the Committee. The alternative text of regulation 1.1 was therefore kept in square brackets.
5.49 The Sub-Committee further agreed that the Administration shall determine to what extent the provisions of regulations, 1 5, 16 and 1 8 to 29 shall apply to the following categories of ships:
.1 ships below 150 gross tonnage of all voyages; and
.2 ships below 500 gross tonnage not engaged on international voyages
and included a corresponding paragraph in regulation 1.
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Regulation 2 - Definitions and clarifications
5.50 The Sub-Committee considered a proposal by the Russian Federation (NAV 44/5/11) and agreed to include a definition for "All ships" in regulation 2.
5.51 In addition, the Sub-Committee also agreed to combine the relevant definitions for nautical chart and other official nautical publications as these terms were no longer used in the revised chapter V and to delete the definitions for "Company" and "Novel navigational systems or equipment".
