{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-radiocommunications-amendment-regulations-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1316",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Radiocommunications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-radiocommunications-amendment-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) omit the definition of “1984 Regulations”;\n(b) after the definition of “cargo ship”, insert—\n““category A, B, C and D waters” means the waters specified as such in Merchant Shipping Notice (MSN) 1837(M) Amendment 2;”;\n(c) omit the definitions of “certificated radio operator”;\n(d) omit the definition of “first periodical survey”;\n(e) before the definition of “general radiotelecommunications” insert—\n““fishing vessel” means a ship used for catching fish, whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the sea;”;\n(f) after the definition of “general radiotelecommunications” insert—\n““gross tonnage” means gross tonnage as determined in accordance with regulation 6 or 12(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1997;”;\n(g) in the definition of “interference”, for “Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949” substitute “Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006”;\n(h) after the definition of “interference”, insert—\n““international voyage” means a voyage between—\n(a)a port in the United Kingdom and a port outside the United Kingdom; or\n(b)a port in a country other than the United Kingdom and a port in any other country or territory which is outside the United Kingdom;”;\n(i) omit the definition of “Maritime and Coastguard Agency”;\n(j) for the definition of “Merchant Shipping Notice” substitute—\n““Merchant Shipping Notice” means a notice described as such and issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (an executive agency of the Department for Transport) and includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;”;\n(k) omit the definitions of “non-GMDSS ship” and “Organisation”;\n(l) after the definition of “Merchant Shipping Notice”, as substituted by sub-paragraph (j), insert—\n““non-United Kingdom ship” means any ship other than a United Kingdom ship;\n“passenger” is a person other than—\n(a)the master and the members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship; and\n(b)a child under one year of age;”;\n(m) in the definition of “Radio Regulations”, for “International Telecommunication Convention” to the end substitute “Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, 1992;”;\n(n) omit the definitions of “similar stage of construction” and “tons”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 24.12.2021, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Merchant Shipping Notice 1837(M) Amendment 2 is available on https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/msn-1837-m-amendment-2-categorisation-of-waters 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 infoline@mcga.gov.uk)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1949 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1316/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:06:45.565497+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."
}