{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-radio-installations-regulations-1992/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-radio-installations-regulations-1992/schedule-4/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-radio-installations-regulations-1992",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Monthly\n(a) Motor life-boat fixed radiotelegraph installations and portable radio equipment for survival craft shall be tested at least once a month using an antenna provided with the installations or equipment. In the case of motor life-boat fixed radiotelegraph installations, the test shall, where practicable, be carried out with the life-boat floating in the sea.\n(b) Batteries providing a source of energy for any part of the radio installation shall be tested at least once a month by means of a hydrometer where practicable, or where a hydrometer cannot be used, by a suitable load test. A check shall also be made of the security of the battery and its connections and the condition of the battery and its compartment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:31:27.223246+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."
}