AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CODE FOR
THE SAFE OPERATION OF SHIPS AND FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION
(INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT (ISM) CODE)
1 GENERAL
Section 1.1 Definitions
1 In paragraph 1.1.10, the words .and includes. are replaced by the word .or..
Section 1.2 Objectives
2 The existing subparagraph .2 of paragraph 1.2.2 is replaced by the following:
..2 assess all identified risks to its ships, personnel and the environment and establish appropriate safeguards; and..
5 MASTER.S RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY
3 The word .periodically. is added at the beginning of paragraph 5.1.5.
7 DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS FOR SHIPBOARD OPERATIONS
4 The existing section 7 is replaced by the following:
.7 SHIPBOARD OPERATIONS
The Company should establish procedures, plans and instructions, including checklists
as appropriate, for key shipboard operations concerning the safety of the personnel, ship and protection of the environment. The various tasks should be defined and assigned to qualified personnel..
8 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
5 The existing paragraph 8.1 is replaced by the following:
.8.1 The Company should identify potential emergency shipboard situations, and
establish procedures to respond to them..
9 REPORTS AND ANALYSIS OF NON-CONFORMITIES, ACCIDENTS
AND HAZARDOUS OCCURRENCES
6 The existing paragraph 9.2 is replaced by the following:
.9.2 The Company should establish procedures for the implementation of corrective
action, including measures intended to prevent recurrence..
10 MAINTENANCE OF THE SHIP AND EQUIPMENT
7 In paragraph 10.3, the words .establish procedures in its safety management system to.
are deleted.
12 COMPANY VERIFICATION, REVIEW AND EVALUATION
8 Paragraph 12.1 is replaced by the following:
.12.1 The Company should carry out internal safety audits on board and ashore at
intervals not exceeding twelve months to verify whether safety and pollution-prevention
activities comply with the safety management system. In exceptional circumstances, this interval may be exceeded by not more than three months..
9 In paragraph 12.2, the words .efficiency of and, when needed, review. are replaced by
the words .effectiveness of..
13 CERTIFICATION AND PERIODICAL VERIFICATION
10 The following new paragraphs 13.12, 13.13 and 13.14 are added after the existing
paragraph 13.11:
.13.12 When the renewal verification is completed after the expiry date of the existing
Safety Management Certificate, the new Safety Management Certificate should be valid
from the date of completion of the renewal verification to a date not exceeding five years
from the date of expiry of the existing Safety Management Certificate.
13.13 If a renewal verification has been completed and a new Safety Management
Certificate cannot be issued or placed on board the ship before the expiry date of the
existing certificate, the Administration or organization recognized by the Administration
may endorse the existing certificate and such a certificate should be accepted as valid for a further period which should not exceed five months from the expiry date.
13.14 If a ship at the time when a Safety Management Certificate expires is not in a port
in which it is to be verified, the Administration may extend the period of validity of the
Safety Management Certificate but this extension should be granted only for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete its voyage to the port in which it is to be verified, and then only in cases where it appears proper and reasonable to do so. No Safety Management Certificate should be extended for a period of longer than three months, and the ship to which an extension is granted should not, on its arrival in the port in which it is to be verified, be entitled by virtue of such extension to leave that port without having a new Safety Management Certificate. When the renewal verification is completed, the new Safety Management Certificate should be valid to a date not exceeding five years from the expiry date of the existing Safety Management Certificate before the extension was granted..
14 INTERIM CERTIFICATION
11 In paragraph 14.4.3, the word .internal. is inserted after the words .planned the..
Appendix
Forms of the Document of Compliance, the Safety Management Certificate,
the Interim Document of Compliance and the Interim Safety Management Certificate
SAFETY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE
12 The following new form is added after existing form of .ENDORSEMENT FOR
INTERMEDIATE VERIFICATION AND ADDITIONAL VERIFICATION (IF REQUIRED).:
.Certificate No.
ENDORSEMENT WHERE THE RENEWAL VERIFICATION
HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND PART B 13.13 OF
THE ISM CODE APPLIES
The ship complies with the relevant provisions of part B of the ISM Code, and the
Certificate should, in accordance with part B 13.13 of the ISM Code, be accepted as valid
until .........
Signed ...............................................
(Signature of authorized official)
Place ..................................................
Date ...................................................
(Seal or stamp of the authority, as appropriate)
ENDORSEMENT TO EXTEND THE VALIDITY OF THE
CERTIFICATE UNTIL REACHING THE PORT OF
VERIFICATION WHERE PART B 13.12 OF THE ISM CODE APPLIES
OR FOR A PERIOD OF GRACE WHERE PART B 13.14 OF
THE ISM CODE APPLIES
This Certificate should, in accordance with part B 13.12 or part B 13.14 of the ISM Code,
be accepted as valid until .......
Signed ...............................................
(Signature of authorized official)
Place ..................................................
Date ...................................................
(Seal or stamp of the authority, as appropriate).
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