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Consultation on a proposed Merchant Shipping Notice detailing recent amendments to SOLAS V

Consultation from 26th March 2012 to 18th June 2012

(12 weeks)

The MCA has produced a draft Merchant Shipping Notice (MSN) that gives details of the latest amendments to SOLAS V.

To view the draft MSN please Click Here

What is the Consultation about?

This consultation letter seeks views on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) draft Merchant Shipping Notice (MSN) that highlights the recent amendments to SOLAS V. These changes will apply in UK law from July 2012.

Key Points

  • The MSN details amendments to Chapter V of the Safety at Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. These amendments have been adopted by the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC).
  • Resolution MSC.282 (86) covers the phased-in carriage requirements for bridge navigational watch alarm system (BNWAS) and Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) and came into force in the UK on 1 January 2011.
  • Resolution MSC 308 (88) covers the new text relating to Pilot Transfer Arrangements and AIS testing, and came into force in the UK on 1 July 2012.
  • Resolution A.889 (21) is revoked and replaced by A.1045 (27).
  • The amendments will be incorporated into the electronic version of the MCA’s 2002 SOLAS V publication which can be accessed from the MCA’s website.

    

How to respond

The consultation period began on 26th March 2012 and will run until 18th June (12 weeks).
We would welcome an early response if possible. However all responses must be received by the deadline of 18th June 2012.
Please tell us your views on the issues which affect you or which you wish to comment on.
If you would like further copies of this consultation document it can be found at
www.mcga.gov.uk under ‘Current Consultations’.

Please send consultation responses to:

Coastal Safety Technical Support Team
Maritime & Coastguard Agency
Bay 2/01 Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG
Tel:   023 8032 9443
Fax:   023 8032 9204
Email:  csst@mcga.gov.uk

Please tell us:

Are you responding as an individual or representing the views of an organisation or business?

If the response is on behalf of others then:

  • What type and size of organisation or business it is?
  • Who do you represent?
  • How were the views gathered?
  • What type of operations are the organisation’s members or the company with?
  • Are you a company or a sole operator and if employing others then how many?

We would also appreciate specific comments on the potential costs or benefits of the proposals.

A list of those consulted is available. If you know of others who may wish to be included in this consultation please forward copies of the document to them. You may be our only contact in your organisation so please ensure that the consultation is circulated to the relevant people.

Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be published or disclosed in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004).

If you want the information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please be aware that, under the FOIA, there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals, amongst other things, with obligations of confidence. In view of this it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If we receive a request for disclosure of the information we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on the Department.

All responses, including those given in confidence, will be included in any overall statistical summary of responses.

The Department will process your personal data in accordance with the DPA and in the majority of circumstances this will mean that your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.

If your address details require any amendment or if you do not wish to be consulted in future please let us know.

   

To view the consultation document please click here

To view the draft MSN please click here

To view the list of consultees please click here

To view the Code of Practice on Consultations please click here

To view the Customer Feeback form please click here


Consultation Responses

This consultation is now closed. Please follow the link below for a summary of consultation comments received, and the MCA's consideration of these comments.

Please click here to view the comments