{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-navigational-equipment-regulations-1993/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-navigational-equipment-regulations-1993/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/69",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Navigational Equipment) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-navigational-equipment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Siting of radar installation",
  "text": "(1) The antenna unit of the radar installation shall be sited so that satisfactory overall performance is achieved in relation to:\n(a) the avoidance of shadow sectors;\n(b) the avoidance of false echoes caused by reflections from the ship’s structure; and\n(c) the effect of antenna height on the amplitude and extent of sea-clutter.\n(2) The radar display shall be sited on the bridge from which the ship is normally navigated. The siting of one of the displays shall be such that:\n(a) an observer, when viewing the display, faces forward and is readily able to maintain visual lookout;\n(b) there is sufficient space for two observers to view the display simultaneously.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/69/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:06:49.065022+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."
}