Regulation 11 Watches, maintenance requirements, radio personnel and records etc.I1

United Kingdom

(1)

A ship must comply with each of the requirements in the following provisions of Chapter IV applicable to that ship—

(a)

regulation 12 (watches);

(b)

regulation 13 (sources of energy);

(c)

regulation 15.1 to 15.4 and 15.6, 15.7 and 15.9.2 (maintenance requirements);

(d)

regulation 16 (radio personnel);

(e)

regulation 17 (radio records);

(f)

regulation 18 (position-updating).

(2)

For the purposes of regulation 15.3 of Chapter IV, accepted methods are those listed in paragraph 6.7 of Marine Guidance Note 641^f1.

(3)

For the purposes of regulation 17 of Chapter IV, a GMDSS radio log must be maintained on the ship.

(4)

In this regulation, a “GMDSS radio log” means a document for keeping a record of—

(a)

communications relating to distress, urgency and safety traffic and the time such communications occurred;

(b)

important incidents connected with the radio service and the time such incidents occurred;

(c)

the position of the ship at least once a day and the time at which the ship was in that position.

Annotations

f1: Marine Guidance Note (MGN) 641(M) is available on https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/marine-guidance-notices-mgns and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone 020 3817 2000 and email [email protected]).