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Public Consultation on the Safety Management Code For Domestic Passenger Ships of Classes III to VI(A) and Domestic Passenger High Speed Craft (HSC)

Proposed changes to the Safety Management Code for Domestic Passenger Ships of Classes III to VI(A) and Domestic Passenger High Speed Craft

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
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The proposed changes will;

  1. Reduce the number of ship audits from two per year to two in a five year period;
  2. Introduce one shore based office audit in the five year period;
  3. Introduce annual ship and office self-assessments; and
  4. Align the audit regime with that of the ISM Code.
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