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Item No.

CONFIC TAL

13

Convention

2.

The

requirements

Agreement

modifies

certain

of the Convention for the Safety

of Life at Sea, 1960 as replaced by the 1974

Convention in the case of passenger ships

registered .in the Contracting Parties and

engaged in the carriage of large numbers of unberthed passengers in special trades. Such

ships must comply with the requirements of

the Convention 25 applicable to passenger ships, subject only to the modifications and

additions as set out in the Rules annexed to

the Agreement. After inspection, a Special Trade Passenger Ship Safety Certificate shall

be issued to a special trade passenger ship which complies with the requirements. Under Article V, the Agreement is open to accession

by any Contracting Governments

Convention.

to

the

3.

The

1973

Protocol

formulates

complementary rules in relation to the space

requirements of

passengers on special trade

passenger ships.

13.17

Convention on the

for Preventing

13.17 (1)

1972

International Regulations

Collisions at Sea, London,

Amendments

to 1972 Convention

on

the

International Regulations for

Collisions at Sea, London, 1981

Preventing

1.

The Convention was concluded in London

on 20 October 1972. The UK ratified it on 28

June 1974 and extended it to Hong Kong on 30

October

1974.

The

PRC ratified the

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