MSC.485(103)-AMENDMENTSTOLSACODE

RESOLUTION MSC.485(103)(adopted on 13 May 2021)AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCE CODE(LSA CODE)THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEERECALLING Article 28(b)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Committee.RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.48(66),by which it adopted the International Life-SavingAppliance(LSA)Code("the LSA Code"),which has become mandatory under chapter Ill ofthe International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,1974("the Convention"),RECALLING FURTHER article VIll(b)and regulation Ill/3.10 of the Convention conceming theprocedure for amending the LSA Code,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its 103rd session,amendments to the LSA Code proposed andcirculated in accordance with article VIll(b)(i)of the Convention,ADOPTS,in accordance with article VIll(b)(iv)of the Convention,amendments to theLSA Code,the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;2DETERMINES,in accordance with article VIll(b)(vi)(2)(aa)of the Convention,that theamendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2023 unless,prior to that date,more than one third of the Contracting Govemments to the Convention,or ContractingGovernments the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50%of the grosstonnage of the world's merchant fleet,have notified their objections to the amendments;INVITES Contracting Governments to note that,in accordance witharticle VIll(b)(vii)(2)of the Convention,the amendments shall enter into forceon 1 January 2024 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;4REQUESTS the Secretary-General,in conformity with article VIll(b)(v)of theConvention,to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of theamendments contained in the annex to all Contracting Governments to the Convention;REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and its annex toMembers of the Organization which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.