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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-30102024-258375
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 615]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2024/KARTIKA 7, 1946
MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi the 29th October, 2024
G.S.R. 673(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 51 and clause (e) of
sub-section (1) of section 98 read with clause (zl) and (zza) of sub-section (2) of section 106 of the Inland Vessels
Act, 2021 (24 of 2021), the Central Government proposes to amend the Inland Vessels (Life Saving Appliances)
Rules, 2022 notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways vide number
G.S.R. 425(E) dated the 7th June, 2022 and hereby publish as required by sub-section (1) of section 106 of the Inland
Vessels Act, 2021 (24 of 2021) for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given
that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the
copies of this notification, as published in the Official Gazette, are made available to the public;
Objections or suggestions, if any, to these draft rules may be sent to the Director (IWT), Ministry of Ports,
Shipping & Waterways, Room No. 251, Transport Bhawan, 1-Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001, or by email at
[email protected] and [email protected] within the period specified above;
[F. No. IWT-11011/91/2021-IWT(7)]
Dr. KAMALA KANTA NATH, Adviser (Statistics)
Draft Amendment
1. (1) These rules may be called the Inland Vessels (Life Saving Appliances) (First Amendment) Rules, 2024.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Inland Vessels (Life Saving Appliances) Rules, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in Rule 2
i. after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted namely.-
"(ab) classification society" means a recognised organisation within the meaning of clause (zo) of section 3 of
the Act which is a member of International Association of Classification Societies;"
ii. after the clause (c), the following explanation shall be inserted, namely.-
"Explanation. - For the purpose of this sub-rule, Gross Tonnage of vessels above 24 meters shall be calculated
according to International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 whereas Gross Tonnage of
vessels less than 24 meters shall be calculated according to Rule 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage
Measurement of Ships) Rules, 1991."
3. In rule 7 of the said rules,-
i. For sub-rule (1), the following shall be substituted, namely.
"Every life-saving appliance provided as per provisions of these rules shall be approved by the
Classification Society or be type approved by the Mercantile Marine Department."
ii. sub-rule (2) shall be renumbered as sub-rule (3) before sub-rule (3) and so renumbered, the following
sub-rule shall be inserted, namely, -
"(2) The approval or type-approval, as the case may be, shall be granted under sub-rule (1), subject to
compliance with the standards specified in:
(a) the International Life Saving Appliance Code provided in the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,
1974; or
(b)International Organization for Standardisation."
[F. No. IWT-11011/91/2021-IWT(7)]
Dr. KAMALA KANTA NATH, Adviser (Statistics)
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Date: 2024.10.30
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