Section 215: Application of some related Maritime Safety Conventions and Protocols

As from the commencement of this Act, the following Conventions, Protocols and their amendments relating to Maritime Safety shall apply, that is-
(a)
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS);
(b)
Protocol Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1988 and Annexes I to V thereto;
(c)
International Convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watch Keeping of Seafarers, 1978 (STCW) as amended;
(d)
International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979 (SAR);
(e)
International Labour Organisation Convention (No. 32 of 1932) on Protection Against Accident of Workers Employed in Loading or Unloading Ships (Dockers Convention Revised 1932);
(f)
International Convention on Maritime Satellite Organisation, 1976 (INMARSAT) and the Protocol thereto;
(g)
The Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 and its Protocol of 1990;
(h)
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 and the Protocol thereto;
(i)
International Convention on Salvage, 1989;
(j)
Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920;
(k)
International Ship and Ports Facility Security (ISPS) Code; and
(l)
International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972.