Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Boats) Rules 1965
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1965/1108 |
| Year | 1965 |
1965 No. 1108
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Boats) Rules 196511thMay 1965
21stMay 1965
26thMay 1965
ARRANGEMENT OF RULES
PART I—GENERAL
Rule
Interpretation and transitional provisions … … … … … … … 1
Application … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 2
Provision of radio installations … … … … … … … … … 3
Climatic and durability tests … … … … … … … … … … 4
Interference with reception … … … … … … … … … … 5
High voltage parts … … … … … … … … … … … … … 6
Charging of batteries … … … … … … … … … … … … 7
PART II—RADIOTELEGRAPHY
Radiotelegraph room … … … … … … … … … … … … 8
Aerials … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 9
Range of transmitters … … … … … … … … … … … 10
Supply of electrical energy … … … … … … … … … … 11
Tools, measuring instruments, spare parts, etc. … … … … … 12
Provision of radiotelegraph operators … … … … … … … 13
Qualifications of radiotelegraph operators … … … … … … 14
Radio watch … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 15
Watchkeeping and other radio duties of radiotelegraph operators … 16
Radiotelegraph log … … … … … … … … … … … … 17
PART III—RADIOTELEPHONY
Aerial … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 18
Range of transmitters … … … … … … … … … … … … 19
Supply of electrical energy … … … … … … … … … … 20
Miscellaneous requirements … … … … … … … … … … … 21
Provision and qualifications of radiotelephone operators … … … 22
Radio watch … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 23
Duties of radiotelephone operators … … … … … … … … … 24
Radiotelephone log … … … … … … … … … … … … … 25
PART IV—RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR SURVIVAL CRAFT
Rule
Portable radio equipment for survival craft … … … … … … 26
Test of portable radio equipment … … … … … … … … … 27
SCHEDULES
Page
1. Transitional provisions … … … … … … … … … … 3123
2. Radiotelegraph installation:—
Part I: Radiotelegraph transmitter … … … … … … … 3124
Part II: Radiotelegraph receiver … … … … … … … … 3125
Part III: Radiotelegraph automatic keying device … … … … 3126
Part IV: Radiotelegraph loudspeaker watchkeeping receiver … 3126
3. Radiotelephone installation:—
Part I: Main radiotelephone installation … … … … … … 3128
Part II: Radiotelephone alarm signal generating device… … … 3129
Part III: Radiotelephone loudspeaker watchkeeping receiver … … 3129
4. Climatic and durability tests … … … … … … … … … 3130
5. Tools, measuring instruments, spare parts, etc. :—
Part I: Radiotelegraph fishing boats … … … … … … … 3131
Part II: Radiotelephone fishing boats … … … … … … … 3133
6. Radiotelegraph auto-alarm equipment … … … … … … … 3133
7. Table of watch hours … … … … … … … … … … … 3135
8. Radiotelegraph log … … … … … … … … … … … … 3136
9. Radiotelephone log … … … … … … … … … … … … 3138
10. Range of radiotelegraph transmitters … … … … … … … 3139
11. Portable radio equipment for survival craft … … … … … 3140
The Board of Trade in exercise of their powers under Section 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949(a), as amended by Section 11 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1964(b) and of the powers conferred upon them by Section 10 of the said Act of 1964 and as having effect by virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Shipping and Construction of Ships) Order 1965(c), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following Rules:—
PART I
GENERAL
Interpretation and transitional provisions
1.—(1) These Rules shall come into operation on the 26th May 1965 and may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Boats) Rules 1965.
(a) 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 43.
(b) 1964 c. 47.
(c) S.I. 1965/145 (1965 I, p. 438).
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(a) shall apply to the interpretation of these Rules as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(3) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively—
"Board" means the Board of Trade;
"Connected" means electrically connected;
"Existing installation" means
(a) an installation wholly installed before the date on which these Rules come into operation; and
(b) an installation part of which was installed before the said date and the rest of which consists either of parts installed in replacement of identical parts, or parts which comply with the relative requirements of these Rules;
"Fishing boat" has the same meaning as in Section 370 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894(b);
"Interference" has the same meaning as in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949(c);
"Length" in relation to a fishing boat means its registered length;
"Mile" means a nautical mile of 6,080 feet;
"Operating position" in relation to any equipment means the position normally occupied by a person when operating that equipment;
"Radiotelegraph fishing boat" means a fishing boat to which these Rules apply, the owner of which has given the Board notice in writing (which has not been withdrawn) that the fishing boat is provided with a radiotelegraph installation in compliance with these Rules;
"Radiotelephone fishing boat" means a fishing boat to which these Rules apply, which is provided with a radiotelephone installation in compliance with these Rules and which is not a radiotelegraph fishing boat;
"Radio watch," in the case of radiotelegraph fishing boats, means listening for signalling on the international distress frequency of 500 kc/s, and in the case of radiotelephone fishing boats means listening for signalling on the international distress frequency of 2182 kc/s;
"Silence periods" means the periods of 3 minutes beginning for the purposes of radiotelegraphy at 15 minutes and at 45 minutes after each hour, and for the purposes of radiotelephony at each hour and at 30 minutes after each hour, in every case determined according to Greenwich Mean Time;
In relation to classes of emission :—
"Class A1" means telegraphy by on-off keying without the use of a modulating audio frequency;
"Class A2" means telegraphy by the on-off keying of an amplitude-modulating audio frequency or audio frequencies, or by the on-off keying of the modulated emission;
"Class A3" means double sideband amplitude modulated telephony; and
"Class B" means damped waves.
(4) The provisions of Schedule 1 to these Rules shall have effect for the purpose of the transition from the law in force before these Rules come into operation to the provisions of these Rules.
(a) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
(b) 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.
(c) 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 54.
Application
2. These Rules shall apply to ships which are sea-going fishing boats of more than 140 feet in length registered in the United Kingdom.
Provision of radio installations
3. Every fishing boat to which these Rules apply shall be provided with—
(a) a radiotelegraph installation which shall include the equipment specified in Schedule 2 to these Rules. Provided that the radiotelegraph loudspeaker watchkeeping receiver may be combined with the radiotelegraph auto-alarm equipment specified in Schedule 6 to these Rules in a single instrument, if that instrument is capable of complying with the requirements of Part IV of Schedule 2 and Schedule 6 to these Rules, or
(b) with a radiotelephone installation which shall include the equipment specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 3 to these Rules.
Climatic and durability tests
4.—(1) All equipment the requirements for which are specified in these Rules, other than test measuring instruments provided in accordance with Rule 12 or paragraph (f) of Rule 21 of these Rules, shall be such that it will be free of mechanical defects and comply with the said requirements—
(a) while undergoing the vibration, dry heat, and low temperature tests required by Schedule 4 to these Rules;
(b) when subjected to the damp heat test required by the said Schedule; and
(c) immediately after undergoing such of the other tests required by the said Schedule as are applicable to the equipment in the circumstances.
(2) Any such equipment which is intended for use in the open or in an open boat shall be such that after undergoing the mould growth test required by Schedule 4 to these Rules no mould growth will be present on it.
Interference with reception
5.—(1) At no time while the fishing boat is at sea shall the interference or mechanical noise produced by the radio installation required by these Rules or by other equipment in the fishing boat be sufficient to prevent the effective reception of radio signals by means of such installation.
(2) Any fishing boat to which these Rules apply which is provided with a radiotelegraph installation not being an existing installation shall also be provided with a communal aerial system for all broadcast receivers in respect of which it is impracticable to erect efficient and properly installed aerials which do not interfere with the efficiency of such radiotelegraph installation.
High voltage parts
6.—(1) All parts and wiring of the equipment specified in these Rules in which the direct and alternating voltages (other than radio frequency voltages) combine at any time to give an instantaneous voltage greater than 50 volts shall be protected from accidental access.
(2) All parts and wiring of the equipment specified in these Rules (other than the parts and wiring of a rotating machine) in which the direct and alternating voltages (other than radio frequency voltages) combine at any time to give an instantaneous voltage greater than
(a) 50 volts in the case of equipment specified in Schedule 3 and Schedule 11 to these Rules; or
(b) 250 volts in the case of other equipment,
shall be isolated automatically from all sources of electrical energy when the means of protection are removed.
Charging of batteries
7. If batteries are provided as a source of electrical energy for any part of the equipment required by these Rules means shall be provided on board every fishing boat to which these Rules apply for the charging of such batteries from the fishing boat's main source of electrical energy.
PART II
RADIOTELEGRAPHY
Radiotelegraph room
8.—(1) Every radiotelegraph installation...
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