# The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 2: The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “Radio Regulations” insert—
““remote operation centre” means any location from which a remotely operated vessel is operated except that vessel;
“remotely operated unmanned vessel” means a vessel that—
(a) is operated from a remote operation centre, and
(b) is not carrying any person at the time that it is operated;”
(3) In regulation 3(2) (vessels to which the Regulations do not apply), after sub-paragraph (h) insert—
“(ha) remotely operated unmanned vessels;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1216/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-small-workboats-and-pilot-boats-regulations-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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