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Regulation 19 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998I1

United Kingdom

In the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998f1, in regulation 7 (interpretation of Part II), after the definition of “DSC” insert—

  • ““EPIRB” means an emergency position indicating radio beacon capable of transmitting a distress alert through the COSPAS/SARSAT polar orbiting satellite service operating in the 406 MHZ band;”.

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 19 in force at 29.3.2023, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1998/2070, as amended by S.I. 2000/2687, 2005/2114, 2016/1025, 2018/1221 and 2021/1316.