# The Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification and Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, Regulation 6: Amendment to the Minimum Standards of Safety Communications Regulations


For paragraph (1)(b) of regulation 5 of the Minimum Standards of Safety Communications Regulations there is substituted—
“(b) there are adequate means of communication between the ship’s crew and—
(i) other ships;
(ii) shore-based authorities; and
(iii) pilots; and
(c) English is used for the communications described in paragraph (b) unless those directly involved in the communications speak a common language other than English.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/89/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-training-and-certification-and-minimum-standards-of-safety-communications-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-6
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