# The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) (Amendment) Rules 1966, Note: Explanatory note


Ships of Class X, i.e. of fishing boats, of 60 feet in length or over are required by the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules 1965 to carry portable radio equipment. Such equipment must comply either with Rule 26 of the Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Boats) Rules 1965 or with a Performance Specification issued by the Postmaster General.
These rules amend the Life-Saving Appliances Rules by substituting a new Performance Specification issued by the Postmaster General in place of that specified in the Rules.
They also amend Part I of Schedule 12 of the Rules by specifying a figure of 310 lbs. in place of 200 lbs. as the load which the tapes of life-jackets must be capable of taking, and requiring such tapes to comply with a specified British Standards Specification.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1966/744/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-life-saving-appliances-amendment-rules-1966/note
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