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The Merchant Shipping (EPIRB Registration) Regulations 2000
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- 2000 No. 1850
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2. In these Regulations—
“Cospas-Sarsat satellite service” means a satellite aided search and rescue system designed to locate distress beacons transmitting in the 406 MHz band and on other frequencies;
“EPIRB” means an emergency position indicating radio beacon capable of transmitting a distress alert either through the Cospas-Sarsat satellite service operating in the 406 MHz band or through the INMARSAT geostationary satellites operating in the 1.6 GHz band;
“INMARSAT” means the Organisation established by the Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation adopted on 3rd September 1976(1);
“MID” means Maritime Identification Digits, being the three digits within the MMSI that identify the country where the ship is registered;
“MMSI” means Maritime Mobile Service Identity, being a nine-digit identification number made up of the three-digit MID followed by a six-digit identification number;
“operator” includes the master and any charterer, manager or agent of the ship;
“radio installation” means any radio installation provided on board a ship, including its associated antennas, interconnecting circuits and, where appropriate, sources of electrical energy;
“surveyor of ships” means any person appointed by the Secretary of State, either generally or in a particular case, to exercise powers under these Regulations;
“survival craft” means a craft capable of sustaining the lives of persons in distress from the time of abandoning the ship; and
“United Kingdom ship” means a ship which—
(a)
is a United Kingdom ship within the meaning of section 85(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; or
(b)
is a hovercraft registered under the Hovercraft Act 1968(2).
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I1Reg. 2 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1
(1)
Cmnd. 6822.
(2)
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