{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-radio-installations-regulations-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-radio-installations-regulations-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2070",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-radio-installations-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Monthly",
  "text": "(a) Each EPIRB and satellite EPIRB shall be examined at least once a month to determine its capability to operate properly, particularly its ability to float free (where required to do so) in the event of the ship sinking, its security and for signs of damage.\n(b) Each search and rescue radar transponder shall be checked at least once a month for security and signs of damage.\n(c) Each survival craft two-way VHF equipment shall be tested at least once a month on a frequency other than 156.8 MHz (VHF Channel 16).\n(d) A check shall be made at least once a month on the security and condition of all batteries providing a source of energy for any part of a radio installation. The battery connections and compartment shall also be checked.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 28.9.1998, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2070/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:32.773936+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."
}