C18 SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA 



CHAPTER II.— CONSTRUCTION 



PART A— GENERAL 



Regulation 1 ;C 



Application 



(a) (i) Unless expressly provided otherwise, this Chapter applies to new 

 ships. 



(ii) In the case of existing passenger ships and cargo ships the keels 

 of which were laid on or after the date of coming into force of the International 

 (Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1948, the Administration shall 

 ensure that the requirements which were applied under Chapter II of that 

 Convention to new ships as defined in that Chapter are complied with. In 

 the case of existing passenger ships and cargo ships the keels of which were 

 laid before the date of coming into force of that Convention, the Administration 

 shall ensure that the requirements which were applied under Chapter II of 

 that Convention to existing ships as defined in that Chapter are comphed 

 with. As regards those requirements of Chapter II of the present Convention 

 which are not contained in Chapter II of the 1948 Convention the 

 Administration shall decide which of these requirements shall be applied 

 to existing ships as defined in the present Convention. 



(b) For the purpose of this Chapter : — 



(i) A new passenger ship is a passenger ship the keel of which is laid on 

 or after the date of coming into force of the present Convention, or 

 a cargo ship which is converted to a passenger ship on or after 

 that date, all other passenger ships being described as existing 

 passenger ships. 



(ii) A new cargo ship is a cargo ship the keel of which is laid on or after 

 the date of coming into force of the present Convention. 



(c) The Administration may, if it considers that the sheltered nature and 

 conditions of the voyage are such as to render the application of any specific 

 requirements of this Chapter unreasonable or unnecessary, exempt from those 

 requirements individual ships or classes of ships belonging to its country 

 which, in the course of their voyage, do not proceed more than 20 miles 

 from the nearest land. 



(d) In the case of a passenger ship which is permitted under paragraph (c) 

 of Regulation 27 of Chapter III to carry a number of persons on board in 

 excess of the lifeboat capacity provided, it shall comply with the special 

 standards of subdivision set out in paragraph (e) of Regulation 5 of this 

 Chapter, and the associated special provisions regarding permeability in 

 paragraph (d) of Regulation 4 of this Chapter, unless the Administration is 

 satisfied that, having regard to the nature and conditions of the voyage, 

 compliance with the other provisions of the Regulations of this Chapter is 

 sufficient. 



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