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1 lloyd s Register rulefinder 2005 version SOLAS - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea SOLAS - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Copyright 2005 lloyd 's Register or International Maritime Organization. All rights reserved. lloyd 's Register, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as the ' lloyd 's Register Group'. The lloyd 's Register Group assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant lloyd 's Register Group entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.

2 Page 1 of 9102009-09-21file://C:\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Temp\~ s Register rulefinder 2005 version SOLAS - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea - Document History Document History . 1974 SOLAS Convention Amended by the 1978 SOLAS Protocol Amended by the 1988 SOLAS Protocol Amended by Resolution (XLV) Amended by Resolution (48) Amended by Resolution (55) Amended by Resolution (56) Amended by Resolution 1 of November 1988 Conference Amended by Resolution (57) Amended by Resolution (58) Amended by Resolution (59) Amended by Resolution (60) Amended by Resolution (60) Amended by Resolution (61) Amended by Resolution (63) Amended by Resolution 1 of May 1994 Conference Amended by Resolution (64) Amended by Resolution (65)

3 Amended by Resolution 1 of November 1995 Conference Amended by Resolution (66) Amended by Resolution (67) Amended by Resolution (68) Amended by Resolution 1 of November 1997 Conference Amended by Resolution (69) Amended by Resolution (71) Amended by Resolution (72) Amended by Resolution (73) Amended by Resolution (74) Amended by Resolution (75) Amended by Resolution (76) Amended by Resolution 1 of December 2002 Conference Copyright 2005 lloyd 's Register or International Maritime Organization. All rights reserved. lloyd 's Register, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as the ' lloyd 's Register Group'.

4 The lloyd 's Register Group assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant lloyd 's Register Group Page 2 of 9102009-09-21file://C:\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Temp\~ for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract. lloyd s Register rulefinder 2005 version SOLAS - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea - Articles of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 Articles of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 Page 3 of 9102009-09-21file://C:\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Temp\~ 2005 lloyd 's Register or International Maritime Organization.

5 All rights reserved. lloyd 's Register, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as the ' lloyd 's Register Group'. The lloyd 's Register Group assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant lloyd 's Register Group entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.

6 lloyd s Register rulefinder 2005 version SOLAS - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea - Articles of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 - The Contracting Governments The Contracting Governments . BEING DESIROUS of promoting Safety of life at sea by establishing in a common agreement uniform principles and rules directed thereto, . CONSIDERING that this end may best be achieved by the conclusion of a Convention to replace the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960, taking account of developments since that Convention was concluded.

7 HAVE AGREED as follows: Page 4 of 9102009-09-21file://C:\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Temp\~ 2005 lloyd 's Register or International Maritime Organization. All rights reserved. lloyd 's Register, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as the ' lloyd 's Register Group'. The lloyd 's Register Group assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant lloyd 's Register Group entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.

8 lloyd s Register rulefinder 2005 version SOLAS - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea - Articles of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 - Article I - General obligations under the Convention Article I - General obligations under the Convention (a). The Contracting Governments undertake to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention and the annex thereto, which shall constitute an integral part of the present Convention . Every reference to the present Convention constitutes at the same time a reference to the annex.

9 (b). The Contracting Governments undertake to promulgate all laws, decrees, orders and regulations and to take all other steps which may be necessary to give the present Convention full and complete effect, so as to ensure that, from the point of view of Safety of life, a ship is fit for the service for which it is intended. Page 5 of 9102009-09-21file://C:\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Temp\~ 2005 lloyd 's Register or International Maritime Organization. All rights reserved. lloyd 's Register, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as the ' lloyd 's Register Group'.

10 The lloyd 's Register Group assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant lloyd 's Register Group entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract. lloyd s Register rulefinder 2005 version SOLAS - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea - Articles of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 - Article II - Application Article II - Application.