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Article 2 Automatic Identification System

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All references to a beacon in Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall be construed as including equipment provided for broadcasts in the frequency range 156.025 – 162.025 MHz where such equipment forms part of a system for providing information—

(a)

to ships about the type, position and functioning of aids to the navigation of ships; or

(b)

to assist the general lighthouse authorities in the efficient provision of aids to the navigation of ships.