Regulation 9 Performance standardsI1

United Kingdom

All radio equipment fitted on or carried in a ship must—

(a)

in relation to a United Kingdom ship, unless approved in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations F12025, be of a type approved by the Secretary of State or any person authorised by the Secretary of State; or

(b)

in relation to a non-United Kingdom ship, must conform to standards not inferior to those set out in Section 5 of Annex 1 to Merchant Shipping Notice 1874 (M+F) Amendment 4^f1.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 9(a) substituted (5.1.2026) by The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1280), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 17 (with reg. 3)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 9 in force at 24.12.2021, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: The standards are set out in column 2 of section 5 of Annex 1 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1874 (M+F) Amendment 4, which is available on https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/msn-1874mf-amendment-4-marine-directive-other-approval-and-standards 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]).