# The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, Regulation 5: General emergency alarms for Class IV, V, VI and VI(A) ships


(1) For regulation 6(9)(a) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:
“(a) a general emergency alarm system, or a public address system which can be used for broadcasting a general emergency alarm and which complies with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1676(M) as amended by Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1757(M);”.
(2) For regulation 7(3)(b) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:
“(b) a general emergency alarm system, or a public address system which can be used for broadcasting a general emergency alarm and which complies with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1676(M) as amended by Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1757(M);”.
(3) For regulation 7(7)(i) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:
“(i) a general emergency alarm system, or a public address system which can be used for broadcasting a general emergency alarm and which complies with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1676(M) as amended by Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1757(M);”.
(4) For regulation 7(11)(i) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:
“(i) a general emergency alarm system, or a public address system which can be used for broadcasting a general emergency alarm and which complies with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1676(M) as amended by Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1757(M);”.
(5) For regulation 8(2)(e)(i) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:
“(i) a general emergency alarm system, or a public address system which can be used for broadcasting a general emergency alarm and which complies with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1676(M) as amended by Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1757(M);”.
(6) For regulation 8(3)(e)(i) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:
“(i) a general emergency alarm system, or a public address system which can be used for broadcasting a general emergency alarm and which complies with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1676(M) as amended by Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1757(M);”.
(7) For regulation 9(2)(e)(i) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:
“(i) a general emergency alarm system, or a public address system which can be used for broadcasting a general emergency alarm and which complies with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1676(M) as amended by Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1757(M);”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2642/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-life-saving-appliances-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-5
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