{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-in-harbour-areas-regulations-1987/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-in-harbour-areas-regulations-1987/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/37",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-in-harbour-areas-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Provision and use of radios",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to–\n(a) a vessel, other than a dumb craft, of 50 tons gross tonnage or more carrying a dangerous substance;\n(b) a vessel towing one or more dumb craft where the combined gross tonnage of all the dumb craft being towed is 50 tons or more and at least one is carrying a dangerous substance.\n(2) The master of a vessel to which this regulation applies shall ensure that all times it is in a harbour or harbour area it is provided with a radio capable of receiving and transmitting in the very high frequency band.\n(3) The master of a vessel to which this regulation applies shall ensure that a listening watch is kept on the operational frequency of the harbour authority at all times except–\n(a) when the vessel is at a berth; or\n(b) for short periods when the radio is tuned to another frequency for operational purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/37/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:34:11.536082+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}