PART 3Requirements relating to Radio Installations, Equipment etc.

Watches, maintenance requirements, radio personnel and records etc.I111

1

A ship must comply with each of the requirements in the following provisions of Chapter IV applicable to that ship—

a

regulation 12 (watches);

b

regulation 13 (sources of energy);

c

regulation 15.1 to 15.4 and 15.6, 15.7 and 15.9.2 (maintenance requirements);

d

regulation 16 (radio personnel);

e

regulation 17 (radio records);

f

regulation 18 (position-updating).

2

For the purposes of regulation 15.3 of Chapter IV, accepted methods are those listed in paragraph 6.7 of Marine Guidance Note 64113.

3

For the purposes of regulation 17 of Chapter IV, a GMDSS radio log must be maintained on the ship.

4

In this regulation, a “GMDSS radio log” means a document for keeping a record of—

a

communications relating to distress, urgency and safety traffic and the time such communications occurred;

b

important incidents connected with the radio service and the time such incidents occurred;

c

the position of the ship at least once a day and the time at which the ship was in that position.