1971-Special-Trade-Passenger-Ships-Agreement-Appendices-1-2.pdf

1971 Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement

STP 1971

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    • International Maritime Organization

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Secretary-General of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (International Maritime Organization)

Annex: Special Trade Passenger Ship Rules, 1971
Appendix I: Special Trade Area
Appendix II: Form of Safety Certificate for Special Trade Passenger Ships

02/01/1974

ARTICLE VI Entry into Force
“(a) The present Agreement shall enter into force six months after the date on which three Contracting Governments to the Convention have signed the present Agreement without reservation as to acceptance or deposited instruments of acceptance or accession with the Organization in accordance with Article V hereof; provided that at least two of such Governments shall be Governments of States in whose territory are registered ships engaged in the special trades or whose nationals are carried in ships engaged in these trades.

(b) The Organization shall inform the Governments which have signed without reservation or accepted or acceded -to the present Agreement and also Contracting Governments to the Convention of the date on which it enters into force.

(c) For Governments which have deposited an instrument of acceptance or accession during the six months mentioned in paragraph (a) of this Article or after the date on which the present Agreement enters into force the acceptance or accession shall take effect on the entry into force of the Agreement or three months after the date of deposit whichever is the later date.”

1973 Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships

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1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

1931 Simla Rules

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