MSC.1-Circ.1631-Rev.1-RevisedStandardizedLife-SavingApplianceEvaluationAndTestReportForms(RescueBoats)

INTERNATIONALEMARITIMEORGANIZATION4 ALBERT EMBANKMENTLONDON SE1 7SRTelephone:+44(0)2077357611Fax:+44(0)2075873210MSC.1/Circ.1631/Rev.122 January 2025REVISED STANDARDIZED LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCE EVALUATION ANDTEST REPORT FORMS(RESCUE BOATS)1The Maritime Safety Committee,at its 102nd session (4 to 11 November 2020),approved the Revised standardized life-saving appliance evaluation and test report foms.2 The original foms,as set forth in the Standardized life-saving appliance evaluationand test report foms(MSC/Circ.980)and its addenda,were developed on the basis of therequirements of the Intemational Life-Saving Appliance (LSA)Code and the Revisedrecommendation on testing of life-saving appliances(resolution MSC.81(70))by the MaritimeSafety Committee,at its seventy-third session(27 November to 6 December 2000),with aview to providing guidance on how to conduct tests,record test data and verify tests.The Committee has since adopted seven amendments to the LSA Code and eightamendments to resolution MSC.81(70).These amendments have been incorporated in theoriginal forms which,owing to their volume,are now presented in six separate circulars,i.e.MSC.1/Circ.1628,MSC.1/Circ.1629,MSC.1/Circ.1630,MSC.1/Circ.1631,MSC.1/Circ.1632and MSC.1/Circ.1633,pertaining to the equipment addressed in chapters ll to VIl of the LSACode,respectively.3The forms annexed to this circular apply to the equipment addressed in chapter V ofthe LSA Code,i.e.rescue boats (outboard engines for rescue boats;rigid rescue boats;inflated rescue boats;rigid/inflated rescue boats;rigid fast rescue boats;inflated fast rescueboats:and rigid/inflated fast rescue boats).4The Committee,at its 109th session (2 to 6 December 2024),approved draftamendments to the evaluation and test report forms with respect to retro-reflective materialsused on rescue boats.The text of the Revised standardized life-saving appliance evaluationand test report forms (rescue boats)is set out in the annex.The use of the revised forms will continue to be of benefit to Administrations andother parties,such as manufacturers,test facilities,owners and surveyors,and will be a majorhelp in mutually accepting the type approval of appliances approved by other Administrations.6Member Governments are invited to bring the annexed,revised forms to the attentionof all parties concerned with approving,manufacturing and testing life-saving appliances andto encourage them to use the forms.7This circular applies to rescue boats installed on or after 15 August 2025.8This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1631 as of 15 August 2025.I:CIRCMSC1MSC.1-CIRC.1631-Rev.1.docx