5.—(1) The value of A/Amax for each ship to which these Regulations apply shall be established by calculation in accordance with the annex to the Calculation Procedure to Assess the Survivability Characteristics of Existing Ro-Ro Passenger Ships When Using a Simplified Method Based Upon Resolution A.265 (VIII), developed by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation at its fifty-ninth session in June 1991 (MSC/Circ.574).
(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below—
(a)in the case of a ship operating to or from ports in the United Kingdom as a ship of Class I, II or II(A) on 1st January 1997 a calculation made in accordance with paragraph (1) above, and the resulting value, shall be submitted by the owner to the Secretary of State for approval not later than 1st April 1997, unless the ship has ceased to operate in the area to which the Agreement relates by that latter date;
(b)in the case of a ship for which the value and calculation have not been submitted under sub-paragraph (a) above, such value and calculation shall be submitted by the owner to the Secretary of State for approval not later than 3 months before the ship engages on any regular scheduled voyage.
(3) Sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (2) above shall not apply in relation to any ship for which the value of A/Amax has been approved by the Contracting Government whose flag the ship is entitled to fly as being calculated in accordance with the annex mentioned in paragraph (1) above.
(4) For the purposes of these Regulations the value of A/Amax for a ship shall be the value approved by the Secretary of State or, in the case of a ship to which paragraph (3) above applies, the Contracting Government.