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discussing the implications of the various phrases and giving Court
interpretations.
The authors are grateful for assistance received from a number of
people in the preparation of this book, and particularly to Captain
A. C. Manson, who was chairman of the IMCO Working Group, for
contributing a foreword and commenting on the text.

PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION

In November 2001 the twenty-second Assembly of IMO adopted
amendments to Rules 3, 8, 18, 23, 31, 33 and 35 and to Annexes I
and 111. These amendments have been incorporated in the text of this
edition. The amendments will come into force on the 29th November
2003.
Amendments which came into force in lune 1983, November
1989, April 1991 and November 1995 were incorporated in previous
editions of this book.
The opportunity has been taken to make some changes to the
comments on the Rules and to incorporate some extracts from recent
Court judgments.

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