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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 234.18
SAFETY CONVENTION ORDER
7th November, 1986
LEGAL NOTICE 63 of 1986.
Title.
Convention 
countries or 
territories.
2. It is hereby declared that -
( a ) the Governments of the countries specified in Part I of
the First Schedule have accepted or acceded to or
ratified or approved the International Convention for
the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, and that the said
Convention has been extended to the territories
specified in Part II of the said Schedule on the date
shown against each country or territory;
( b ) the Governments of the countries es specified in Part I
of the Second Schedule have accepted or acceded to or
ratified or aporoved the Protocol of 1978 relating to
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea, 1974, and that the said Protocol has been
extended to the territories specified in Part II of the
said Schedule on the date shown against each country
or territory.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Part I
Country Date
Monaco 1 November 1974
Ukranian SSR 1 November 1974
India 16 June 1976
Norway 15 February 1977
Mexico 28 March 1977
Tonga 12 April 1977
Cape Verde 28 April 1977
France 25 May 1977
United Kingdom 7 October 1977
Liberia 14 November 1977
Denmark 8 March 1978
Panama 9 March 1978
Canada 8 May 1978
Sweden 7 July 1978
Netherlands 10 July 1978
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Spain 5 September 1978
United States 7 September 1978
Trinidad 15 February 1979
Bahamas 16 February  1979
Yemen 6 March 1979
German Democratic Republic 15 March 1979
Federal Republic of Germany 26 March 1979
Urugway 30 April 1979
Israel 15 May 1979
Romania 24 May 1979
Yugoslavia 11 June 1979
Kuwait 29 June 1979
Belgium 24 September 1979
Peru 4 December 1979
Argentina 5 December 1979
China 7 January 1980
USSR 9 January 1980
Hungary 9 January 1980
Chile 28 March 1980
Dominican Republic 10 April 1980
Greece 12 May 1980
Japan 15 May 1980
Brazil 22 May 1980
South Africa 23 May 1980
Italy 11 June 1980
Turkey 31 July 1980
Tunisia 6 August 1980 
Czechoslovakia 18 August 1980
Colombia 31 October 1980
Papua New Guinea 12 November 1980
Finland 21 November 1980
Qatar 22 December 1980
Republic of Korea 31 December 1980
Maldives 14 January 1981
Guinea 19 January 1981
Indonesia 17 February 1981 
Singapore 16 March 1981
Nigeria 7 May 1981
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2 July 1981
Egypt 4 September 1981
Switzerland 1 October 1981
Country Date
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Bangladesh 6 November 1981
Philippines 15 December 1982
Gabon 21 January 1982
Ecuador 28 May 1982 
Vanuatu 28 July 1982
Barbados 1 September 1982
Guatemala 20 October 1982
Fiji 4 March 1983
Venezuela 29 March 1983
Ghana 19 May 1983
Iceland 6 July 1983
Australia 17 August 1983
Sri Lanka 30 August 1983
Jamaica 14 October 1983
Malaysia 19 October 1983
Saint Vincent and Grenadines 28 October 1983
Bulgaria 2 November 1983
Algeria 3 November 1983 
Portugal 7 November 1983
Lebanon 29  November 1983
Ireland 29 November 1983
United Arab Emirates 13 December 1983
Djibouti 1 March 1984
Poland 15 March 1984
Cameroon 14 May 1984
Thailand 18 December 1984
Pakistan 10 April 1985
Saudi Arabia 24 April 1985
Oman 25 April 1985
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1 May 1985
Ethiopia 18 July 1985
Jordan 7 August 1985
Tuvalu 22 August 1985
Congo 10 September 1985
Honduras 24 September 1985
Cyprus 11 October 1985
Bahrain 21 October 1985
Benin l November 1985
Part II
Hong Kong 25 May 1980 
Isle of Man 1 July 1985
Country Date
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Netherlands Antilles 10 July 1978
Aruba I January 1986
SECOND SCHEDULE
Part I
Country Date
Bahamas 16 February 1979 
Uruguay 30 April 1979
Kuwait 29 June 1979
Belgium 24 September 1979
United Kingdom 5 November 1979 
Sweden 21 December 1979
France 21 December 1979
Spain 30 April 1979
Japan 15 May 1980
Federal Republic of Germany 6 June 1980
Netherlands 8 July 1980
Tunisia 6 August 1980 
United States 12 August 1980
Liberia 28 October 1980
Columbia 31 October 1980
Yugoslavia 31 October 1980
Denmark 27 November 1980
Norway 25 March 1981 
Finland 30 April 1981
USSR 12 May 1981
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2 July 1981
Greece 17 July 1981
Israel 21 August 1981
South Africa 11 January 1982
Hungary 3 February 1982 
Argentina 24 February 1982
Switzerland 1 April 1982
Panama 14 July 1982
Peru 16 July 1982
Vanuatu 28 July 1982
Italy 1 October 1982
Republic of Korea 2 December 1982
China 17 December 1982
German Democratic Republic 28 April 1983
Ghana 19 May 1983 
Country Date
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Czechoslovakia 2 June 1983
Mexico 30 June 1983
Iceland 6 July 1983
Australia 17 August 1983
Malaysia 19 October 1983
Bulgaria 2 November 1983
Algeria 3 November 1983
Portugal 7 November 1983
Lebanon 29 November 1983
Ireland 29 November 1983
United Arab Emirates 15 December 1983 
Poland 15 March 1984
Barbados 29 May 1984
Singapore 1 June 1984
Nigeria 13 November 1984
Pakistan 10 April 1985 
Oman 25 April 1985
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1 May 1985
Honduras 24 September 1985
Cyprus 11 October 1985
Brazil 20 November 1985
Ethiopia 3 January 1986
India 3 April 1986 
Egypt 7 August 1986
Part II
Hong Kong 25 November 1981
Isle of Man 1 July 1985
Netherlands Antilles 8 July 1980
Aruba 1 January 1986
Country Date
