The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1992

means the stage at which—

means the document so entitled published by the Hydrographer of the Navy and any subsequent List containing the like information which the Hydrographer of the Navy considers relevant from time to time which replaces the Admiralty List of Radio Signals or replaces any subsequent List containing the like information;

means a radio certificate issued under subsection (1) of section 9 of the 1949 Act, an exemption certificate and qualified radio certificate issued under subsection (2) of that section, or an exemption certificate issued under subsection (3) of that section.

means a ship which goes to sea in sea area A1 only;

means a ship which goes to sea in sea area A2 only, or in sea areas A1 and A2;

means a ship which goes to sea in sea area A3 only, or in sea area A3 and also in sea area A1 or A2 or both those sea areas;

means a ship which goes to sea in sea area A4 only, or in sea area A4 and also in one or more of sea areas A1, A2 and A3;

means safety communications between ships from the position from which the ships are normally navigated;

means a ship other than a passenger ship;

means a person qualified as specified in regulation 16(2), as a VHF radiotelephone operator, radiotelephone operator or radio officer;

means electrically connected;

means a radio watch which is not interrupted other than for brief intervals when the ship’s receiving capability is impaired or blocked by its own communications or when the facilities are under periodical maintenance or checks;

means an automated telegraphy technique which complies with the relevant recommendations specified in a Department of Transport Merchant Shipping Notice;

means Digital Selective Calling being a technique using digital codes which enables a radio station to establish contact with, and transfer information to, another station or group of stations, and complying with the relevant recommendations as specified in Departmentof Transport Merchant Shipping Notices;

(emergency position-indicating radiobeacon) means a station in the mobile service the emissions of which are intended to facilitate search and rescue operations;

means— (a) an installation wholly installed before 25th May 1980;

means a vessel which is for the time being employed in sea fishing, but does not include a vessel used otherwise than for profit;

means operational and public correspondence traffic, other than distress, urgency and safety messages, conducted by radio;

means the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System;

means the frequency spectrum between 3000 kHz and 30 MHz;

means the Organisation established by the Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT) adopted on 3rd September 1976;

has the same meaning as in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949;

means the co-ordinated broadcast and automatic reception on 518 kHz of maritime safety information by means of narrow-band direct-printing telegraphy using the English language;

means the finding of ships, aircraft, units or persons in distress;

means any activity intended to keep a radio installation in satisfactory working condition and includes tests, measurements, replacements, adjustments and repair;

means navigational and meteorological warnings, meteorological forecasts and other urgent safety related messages broadcast to ships;

means the frequency spectrum between 300 kHz and 3000 kHz;

means the international nautical mile of 1,852 metres;

means any installation which is not an existing installation;

means a ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction on or after 25th May 1980;

means any ship other than a GMDSS ship;

means the International Maritime Organisation;

means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers;

means a vessel (other than a passenger ship) primarily used for sport or recreation;

means a service which is based on polar orbiting satellites which receive and relay distress alerts from satellite EPIRBS and which provides their position;

means a survival craft radar transponder for search and rescue between ships or aircraft and survival craft;

means telecommunication by means of radio waves;

means a service as defined in the Radio Regulations involving the transmission, emission and/or reception of radio waves for specific telecommunication purposes;

means any radio installation provided on board a ship in compliance with these Regulations, including its associated antennas, inter-connecting circuits and, where appropriate, sources of electrical energy;

means the record required to be kept by regulation 17;

means a person holding a valid maritime radio communication general certificate, first class radiotelegraph operator’s certificate or second class radiotelegraph operator’s certificate issued in each case in accordance with the Radio Regulations who is employed in the radiotelegraph station of a ship which is provided with such a station in accordance with this Part;

means a person who has had experience at sea as an operator of radiotelegraph apparatus on board a fishing vessel or a ship to which this Part does not apply;

means the Radio Regulations annexed to, or regarded as being annexed to, the International Telecommunication Convention 1973 and includes any amendment thereto which the Secretary of State considers relevant from time to time and specifies in a Merchant Shipping Notice;

means a ship, being a passenger ship or a cargo ship of 300 tons and upwards to which this Part applies, which is provided with a radiotelegraph installation in compliance with this Part;

means a person holding a valid appropriate certificate issued in accordance with the Radio Regulations;

means a cargo ship, being a ship to which this Part applies, of not less than 300 tons but less than 1,600 tons, which is provided with a radiotelephone installation in compliance with this Part;

means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974;

means an EPIRB which is in the mobile-satellite service;

means an area specified as sea area A1 in the Admirality List of Radio Signals;

means an area specified as sea area A2 in the Admirality List of Radio Signals;

means an area, excluding sea areas A1 and A2, within the coverage of an INMARSAT geostationary satellite in which continuous alerting is available;

means any area of the sea which is not sea area A1, A2 or A3;

means a mobile earth station in the maritime mobile-satellite service located on board ship;

means a mobile station in the maritime mobile service located onboard a vessel which is not permanently moored, other than a survival craft station;

means “ships the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction” and the expression “a similar stage of construction” means the stage at which—

means the period of 3 minutes beginning at 15 minutes and at 45 minutes past each hour, on the frequency of 500 kHz, and at each hour and at 30 minutes past each hour, on the frequency of 2182 kHz;

means a mobile station in the maritime mobile service intended solely for survival purposes and located on any lifeboat, life-raft or other survival equipment;

means gross tons and shall be— (a) for a ship having alternative gross tonnage under paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1982, the larger of those tonnages and (b) for a ship having its tonnage determined both under Part II and regulation 16 of those Regulations its gross tonnage as determined under regulation 16.

means the frequency spectrum between 30 MHz and 300 MHz.