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PROTOCOL AND RULES ON

SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR


SPECIAL TRADE
PASSENGER SHIPS, 1973
(SPACE STP 1973)
The ships to which the present Protocol applies
are passenger ships engaged in the special
trades and registered in countries the
Governments of which are Contracting
Governments to the International Convention for
the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 and parties to the
Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement,
1971 and to the present Protocol and ships
registered in territories to which application of
the 1960 Convention, the 1971 Agreement and
the present Protocol has been extended under
the relevant Articles thereof.
The Governments parties to the present Protocol
undertake to communicate and deposit with the
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative
Organization (hereinafter referred to as "the
Organization"):

(a) the text of laws, decrees, orders, regulations


and other instruments which shall have been
promulgated on the various matters within the
scope of the present Protocol;
(b) a sufficient number of specimens of their certificate
issued under the provisions of the present Protocol for
circulation to the Governments parties to the present
Protocol and also to Contracting Governments to the
1960 Convention; and

(c) a list of non-governmental agencies which are


authorized to act in their behalf in the administration of
measures under the present Protocol for circulation to
Governments parties to the present Protocol.
Issue of Certificate
A certificate called a Special Trade Passenger Ship
Space Certificate shall be issued after inspection
and survey of a special trade passenger ship which
complies with the applicable requirements of these
Rules. The Certificate shall be issued for a period of
not more than twelve months. The Certificate or a
certified copy of it should be posted up in a
prominent and accessible place in the ship
Spaces not suitable for the carriage of
passengers
No special trade passenger shall be carried:

(a)on any deck lower than the one immediately


below the deepest subdivision load line;

(b)at any point in a between deck space where


the clear headroom is less than 1.90 metres (6
feet 3 inches);
Spaces not suitable for the carriage of passengers
(c) forward of the collision bulkhead or the upward
extension thereof, as provided for in Regulation 9
of Chapter II of the 1960 Convention;

(d) on lower between decks within 10 per cent of the


length of the ship from the forward
perpendicular; or
(e) on any weather deck which is not sheathed to
the satisfaction of the Administration.
The spaces, including airing spaces, allotted for the
accommodation or use of special trade passengers
must be kept free of cargo.

The ships to which the present Rules apply shall


comply with the International Health Regulations
(1969)' having regard to the circumstances and the
nature of the voyage within the meaning of the said
Health Regulations.
The 1974 SOLAS Convention provides that special
trade passenger ships may be exempted from full
compliance with the requirements of chapters 11-1,
11-2 and III, provided they fully comply with the
provisions of the Rules annexed to the Special
Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971, and to the
Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade
Passenger Ships, 1973.
END

Ramirez, Reynald Jezreel N.

Quinones, Arvey Kirchz B.

Orfila, Alberto N.

Ortega, Joshua Gavin E.

Ormejes, Rafael John V.

Miranda, Joshua Wilson Joshua

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