{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-general-lighthouse-authorities-beacons-automatic-identification-system-order-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110746805",
  "legislation_title": "The General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Automatic Identification System) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-general-lighthouse-authorities-beacons-automatic-identification-system-order-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Automatic Identification System",
  "text": "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—\n(a) to ships about the type, position and functioning of aids to the navigation of ships; or\n(b) to assist the general lighthouse authorities in the efficient provision of aids to the navigation of ships.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110746805/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:59.192978+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."
}