Regulation 36 Radio log — radiotelephone ship

The radio log (diary of the radio service) required by the Radio Regulations for a ship which is fitted with a radiotelephone installation in accordance with this Part shall be kept at the place where listening watch is maintained during the voyage.

Every radiotelephone operator and every master, officer or crew member when carrying out a listening watch in accordance with regulation 35 of these Regulations shall enter in the radio log information specified in Schedule 5 Part A and in the form specified in Part B of Schedule 5 to these Regulations.

The radiotelephone operator or, if there is more than one, the one designated by the Master, shall inspect and sign each day the entries for that day in the radio log, confirming that the requirements of this Part have been met.

The Master of the ship shall inspect and sign each day’s entries in the radio log.

The radio logs shall be available for inspection by officers authorised by the Secretary of State to make such an inspection.

Regulation 9 of the Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) Regulations 1981^f1 shall apply to the Radio Log as applies to the official log book.