Considerando que, em 4 de Dezembro de 2013, a Assembleia da Organização Marítima Internacional (OMI), através da resolução A.1082(28), adoptou emendas à Convenção Internacional das Linhas de Carga, 1966, e que tais emendas entraram em vigor na ordem jurídica internacional, incluindo a Região Administrativa Especial de Macau, em 28 de Fevereiro de 2018;
O Chefe do Executivo manda publicar, nos termos da alínea 1) do artigo 5.º e do n.º 1 do artigo 6.º da Lei n.º 3/1999 (Publicação e formulário dos diplomas), a resolução A.1082(28) da Assembleia da OMI que contém as referidas emendas, nos seus textos autênticos em línguas chinesa e inglesa.
Promulgado em 15 de Janeiro de 2021.
O Chefe do Executivo, Ho Iat Seng.
Gabinete do Chefe do Executivo, aos 18 de Janeiro de 2021. — A Chefe do Gabinete, Hoi Lai Fong.
THE ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
NOTING proposed amendments to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (1966 LL Convention) to shift the Winter Seasonal Zone off the southern tip of Africa further southward by 50 miles,
NOTING ALSO that the Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth session, adopted the proposed amendments in accordance with article 29(3)(a) of the 1966 LL Convention,
HAVING CONSIDERED the proposed amendments to regulation 47 of the 1966 LL Convention,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 29(3)(b) of the 1966 LL Convention, the amendments to regulation 47, set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in accordance with article 29(3)(b) of the 1966 LL Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and its annex to all Contracting Governments to the said Convention, for consideration and acceptance, and also to transmit copies to all Members of the Organization;
3. URGES all Governments concerned to accept the amendments at the earliest possible date; and
4. RESOLVES that, should the entry into force of the aforementioned amendments take place following their unanimous acceptance in accordance with article 29(2) of the 1966 LL Convention, prior to entry into force based on their acceptance as requested by this resolution, this resolution shall become invalid.
Regulation 47 — Southern Winter Seasonal Zone
The existing text of regulation 47 is replaced by the following:
“The northern boundary of the Southern Winter Seasonal Zone is:
the rhumb line from the east coast of the American continent at Cape Tres Puntas to the point latitude 34º S, longitude 50º W, thence the parallel of latitude 34º S to longitude 16º E, thence the rhumb line to the point latitude 36º S, longitude 20º E, thence the rhumb line to the point latitude 34º S, longitude 30º E, thence along the rhumb line to the point latitude 35º 30’ S, longitude 118º E, and thence the rhumb line to Cape Grim on the north-west coast of Tasmania; thence along the north and east coasts of Tasmania to the southernmost point of Bruny Island, thence the rhumb line to Black Rock Point on Stewart Island, thence the rhumb line to the point latitude 47º S, longitude 170º E, thence along the rhumb line to the point latitude 33º S, longitude 170º W, and thence the parallel of latitude 33º S to the west coast of the American continent.
Seasonal periods:
| WINTER: | 16 April to 15 October |
| SUMMER: | 16 October to 15 April” |