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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

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Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations, 2002

Part 2 : GMDSS Requirements

7. Functional requirements

 

Every ship to which this Part applies, while at sea, must be capable of—

(a) transmitting ship-to-shore distress alerts by at least two separate and independent means, each using a different radio communication service, other than by the means provided for in regulation 11(1)(a) and paragraph (d)(iii) of ALTERNATIVE A in regulation 13(1);
(b) receiving shore-to-ship distress alerts;
(c) transmitting and receiving ship-to-ship distress alerts;
(d) transmitting and receiving search and rescue co-ordinating communications;
(e) transmitting and receiving on-scene communications;
(f) transmitting and, as required by regulation V/12(g) and (h) of the Safety Convention, receiving signals for locating;
(g) transmitting and receiving maritime safety information;
(h) transmitting and receiving general radio communications to and from shore-based radio systems or networks; and
(i) transmitting and receiving bridge-to-bridge communications.