1973 Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships

SPACE STP 1973

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International Maritime Organization

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

Annex: Special Trade Passenger Ships (Space Requirements) Rules, 1973

Appendix I: Table of Space

Appendix II: Form of Certificate

02/06/1977

Article V Entry into Force:

“(a) The present Protocol shall enter into force six months after the date on which three Governments parties to the 1971 Agreement have signed the present Protocol without reservation as to acceptance or deposited instruments of acceptance or accession with the Organization in accordance with article IV 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) 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 Protocol enters into force the acceptance or accession shall take effect on the entry into force of the present Protocol or three months after the date of deposit whichever is the later date.”

1971 Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement

1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

1931 Simla Rules

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