Merchant Shipping (Management for the Safe Operation of Ships) Amendment Rules, 2002

EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: PART II-SEC.3,SUB-SEC.(i)

Appearing on Page No.2015-2024 Dated 21.9.2002 

MINISTRY OF SHIPPING
(Shipping Wing)

New Delhi, the 11th September, 2002

             G.S.R. 388.---In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 457 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Merchant Shipping (Management for the Safe Operation of Ships) Rules, 2000. 

            1.         (1)        These rules may be called the Merchant Shipping (Management for the Safe Operation of Ships) Amendment Rules, 2002. 

                        (2)        They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 

            2.         In the Merchant Shipping (Management for the Safe Operation of Ships) Rules 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules) in rule 1 sub-rule (3) after clause (b), following clauses shall be added, namely:- 

"(c)       Other cargo ships and mobile off-shore drilling units of 500 Gross Tonnage or more." 

            3.         In the said rules, in rule 5 after sub-rule (5), the following sub-rule shall be added, namely :- 

(5A)      "A copy of the Document of Compliance should be placed on board in order that the master of the ship, if so requested may produce it for verification by the administration or by an organization recognized by the Administration or for the purposes of the control referred to in regulation 1X/6.2 of the Convention. 

Explanation:                  For the purpose of verification the copy of the document is not required to be authenticated or certified as such." 

            4.         In the said rules, for the form of "Interim Safety Management Certificate, the following form shall be substituted, namely :- 

INTERIM SAFETY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE

Issued under the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea, 1974 as amended

Under the authority of the Government of India

 Name of Ship:
Distinctive Number or letters:
Port of Registry:
Type of Ship*:
Gross Tonnage:
IMO Number:
Name and Address of Company:

_____________________________________________________________________________________

 *Insert the type of ship from among the following : Passenger Ship: Passenger High-Speed Craft: Cargo High-Speed Craft: Bulk Carrier: Oil Tanker: Chemical Tanker: Gas Carrier: Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit: Other Cargo Ship. 

          THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT the requirements of paragraph 14.4 of the ISM Code have been met and that the Document of compliance/Interim Document of Compliance** of the Company is relevant to the ship. 

         This Interim Safety Management Certificate is valid until……………………… subject to the Document of Compliance/Interim Document of Compliance** remaining valid.

 Issued at
Date of issue

Certificate No.                                                           ……………………….…………………………
                                                                                     Chief Surveyor with the Govt. of India
                                                                                         Directorate General of Shipping

                                                                                                                Mumbai


(Seal or stamp of the issuing authority)
 

            5.         In the said rules, for the form of "Interim Document of Compliance" the following form shall be substituted, namely:-- 

 "INTERIM DOCUMENT OF COMPLIANCE" 

Issued under the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea, 1974 as amended

Under the authority of the Government of India 



Name and Address of the Company:
 

            THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT the safety management system of the Company has been recognized as meeting the objectives of paragraph 1.2.3 of the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code) for the type(s) of ships listed below (Delete as appropriate)

                                    Passenger ship
                                    Passenger high-speed craft
                                    Cargo high-speed craft
                                    Bulk carrier
                                    Oil tanker
                                    Chemical tanker
                                    Gas carrier
                                    Mobile offshore drilling unit
                                    Other cargo ship 
                            

 **Delete as appropriate.


This Interim Document of Compliance is valid until……………..  

Issued at 

Date of issue
Certificate No.                                                           ……………………….…………………………
                                                                                     Chief Surveyor with the Govt. of India
                                                                                         Directorate General of Shipping

                                                                                                                Mumbai


(Seal or stamp of the issuing authority)
  

            6.         In the said rules, for the form of "Document of Compliance" the following form shall be substituted, 

"DOCUMENT OF COMPLIANCE" 

Issued under the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea, 1974 as amended
 

Under the authority of the Government of India 

Name and Address of the Company: 

            THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT the safety management system of the Company has been audited and that it complies with the requirements of the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code), for the types of ships listed below (Delete as appropriate)
                                    Passenger ship
                                    Passenger high-speed craft
                                    Cargo high-speed craft
                                    Bulk carrier
                                    Oil tanker
                                    Chemical tanker
                                    Gas carrier
                                    Mobile offshore drilling unit
                                    Other cargo ship 
                                                             

This Document of Compliance is valid till……………..

Subject to periodical verification 

Issued at 

Date of issue  

Certificate No.                                                           ……………………….…………………………
                                                                                     Chief Surveyor with the Govt. of India
                                                                                         Directorate General of Shipping

                                                                                                                Mumbai


(Seal or stamp of the issuing authority)
  

 


ENDORESEMENT FOR ANNUAL VERIFICATION 

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, at the periodical verification in accordance with regulation IX/6.1 of the Convention, the safety management system was found to comply with the requirements of ISM Code.

 

1st Annual Verification                                        Signed..................................                
                                                                         (signature of the authorized official)
 

                                                                        Place……………………………….. 

                                                                        Date…………………………………

 

2nd Annual Verification                                        Signed..................................                
                                                                         (signature of the authorized official)
 

                                                                        Place……………………………….. 

                                                                        Date…………………………………

3rd Annual Verification                                        Signed..................................                
                                                                         (signature of the authorized official)
 

                                                                        Place……………………………….. 

                                                                        Date…………………………………

 

4th Annual Verification                                        Signed..................................                
                                                                         (signature of the authorized official)
 

                                                                        Place……………………………….. 

                                                                        Date…………………………………

                                                                       Date…………………………………

 

            7.         In the said rules, for the form of "Safety Management Certificate" the following form shall be substituted.


"SAFETY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE" 

Issued under the provisions of the International Convention for the
Safety of Life Sea, 1974 as amended 

Under the authority of the Government of India

 

Name of Ship: 

Distinctive Number or Letters: 

Port of Registry: 

Type of ship*: 

Gross Tonnage: 

IMO Number: 

Name and Address of Company: 

            THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT the Safety Management System of the ship has been audited and that it complies with the requirements of the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code), following verification that the Document of Compliance for the Company is application to this type of ship.

_____________________________________________________________

*Insert the type of ship from among the following : Passenger Ship: Passenger High-Speed Craft: Cargo High-Speed Craft: Bulk Carrier: Oil Tanker: Chemical Tanker: Gas Carrier: Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit: Other Cargo Ship. 

            This Safety Management Certificate is valid until…………………. subject to periodical verification and the Document of Compliance remaining valid.

 Issued at 

Date of issue

 Certificate No.                                                            ……………………….…………………………
                                                                                     Chief Surveyor with the Govt. of India
                                                                                         Directorate General of Shipping

                                                                                                                Mumbai
 

(Seal or stamp of issuing authority)                    

 

Endorsement of Periodical Verification and Additional Verification (if required)

             THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT at the periodical verification in accordance regulation IX/6.1 of the Convention and paragraph 13.8 of the ISM Code, the Safety Management System was found to comply with the requirements of the ISM Code.

 

Intermediate Verification                                           Signed………………………………

(to be completed between second and                       (signature of the authorized official)

third anniversary date)

                                                                        Place……………………………….. 

                                                                        Date………………………………… 

                        (Stamp)

 

  (Stamp)                                                                              Signed………………….............          
Additional Verification*                                                      (signature of the authorized official)
 

                                                                                               Place……………………………….. 

                                                                                               Date…………………………………
 

 

  (Stamp)                                                                              Signed………………….............          
Additional Verification*                                                      (signature of the authorized official)
 

                                                                                               Place……………………………….. 

                                                                                               Date…………………………………

 

  (Stamp)                                                                              Signed………………….............          
Additional Verification*                                                      (signature of the authorized official)
 

                                                                                               Place……………………………….. 

                                                                                               Date…………………………………

 

(Stamp)                                                                                  Place……………………………….. 

                                                                                              Date………………………………… 

___________________________________________________________________________________

*If applicable. Reference is made to paragraph 3.2.3 of the Guidelines on Implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by Administration (resolution A.788(19)]
___________________________________________________________________________________

  

[File No.SR-11012/3/99-MA]
S.R. GAUR, Dy. Secy.

Note:-   The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide notification No.G.S.R. 432(E) dated the 12th May, 2000 in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)

 

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