Section 1 General

101. General

1. The process method, necessary period, result of work and etc. of the risk-based approval process, unlike a existing conventional approval process, may not be the same according to contents and characteristics of the subjected design, and therefore the documentation process needs to be clear, transparent and well described to avoid misinterpretations. The result of non-traditional assessments need to be fully documented in a manner readily accessible to a third party.

2. All documents are to be able to exhaustively transfer necessary information for the progress of the risk- based approval process. Means of document control such as document management control are to be applied to ensure that only controlled versions of the information yielded are distributed.

3. Any design detail deviating from conventional best practice is to be described comprehensively in drawings. Contents which are difficult to be indicated in drawings may be additionally described in other documents.

4. All parameters applied in the design process are to be explicit by being presented as diagrams or described in prose. The type, characteristic and the method (how) and stage (when) of application of parameters are to be clear from the description.

5. All ships are required to carry necessary documentation for verification of safety compliance during operation on board by survey requirements and safety management systems. Essential safety ele- ments are to be explicitly indicated in this documentation, and are to be well-acquainted by crews and the Surveyor.