Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Rules 1974
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1974/1919 |
| Year | 1974 |
1974 No. 1919
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Rules 197418thNovember 1974
27thNovember 1974
1stJanuary 1975
ARRANGEMENT OF RULES
PART I—GENERAL
Rule Page
1. Citation, commencement, interpretation, revocation and
transitional provisions … … … … … … … … … 2
2. Application of the Rules and classification of fishing vessels 4
PART II—RADIO EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATIONS
3. Provision of radio installations … … … … … … … 4
4. Provision of electrical energy … … … … … … … … 5
5. Interference with reception … … … … … … … … 5
6. Provision of aerials … … … … … … … … … … 6
7. Range of radio installation … … … … … … … … 6
8. Radio station miscellaneous requirements … … … … … 6
PART III—PROVISION, QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF
RADIO OPERATORS
9. Provision of radio operators … … … … … … … … 7
10. Qualifications of radio operators … … … … … … … 8
11. Radio Watch … … … … … … … … … … … … 8
12. Duties of radio operators … … … … … … … … … 9
13. Radio log book … … … … … … … … … … … … 9
PART IV—PORTABLE RADIO EQUIPMENT
14. Provision of portable radio equipment … … … … … … 10
15. Testing of portable radio equipment … … … … … … 10
SCHEDULES
Page
1. Transitional provisions … … … … … … … … … … 11
2. Limits of area required in connection with Rule 2(2) … … … 12
3. Radiotelephone installation: 13
Part I: Main radiotelephone installation … … … …
Part II: Radiotelephone alarm signal generating device
Part III: Radiotelephone loudspeaker watchkeeping
receiver … … … … … … … … … …
Part IV: Reserve radiotelephone installation … … …
4. Radiotelegraph installation: 13
Part I: Radiotelegraph transmitter … … … … … …
Part II: Radiotelegraph receiver… … … … … … …
Part III: Radiotelegraph automatic keying device … … …
Part IV: Radiotelegraph automatic alarm … … … … …
5. Portable radio equipment for use in lifeboats and liferafts … 14
6. Radio log book … … … … … … … … … … … … 15
The Secretary of State, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 85(3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970(a), in exercise of powers conferred by section 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949(b) as having effect by virtue of section 85(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the said Act of 1970, and section 10(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1964(c) and now vested in him(d) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:—
PART I
GENERAL
Citation, commencement, interpretation, revocation and transitional provisions
1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Rules 1974 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1975.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(e) shall apply for the interpretation of these Rules as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament and as if these Rules and the Rules hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.
(a) 1970 c. 36.
(b) 1949 c. 43.
(c) 1964 c. 47.
(d) See S.I. 1965/145 and S.I. 1970/1537 (1965 I, p. 438; 1970 III, p. 5293).
(e) 1889 c. 63.
(3) Any certificate of proficiency or competence in radiotelephony or radiotelegraphy or any authority to operate a wireless telegraphy station or a radiotelephone station established on a ship, being a certificate or authority granted, issued or having effect under the Rules revoked by these Rules and in force at the date of the coming into operation of these Rules shall remain in force and shall have effect for the purposes of these Rules as if it had been issued under the corresponding provisions thereof:
Provided that any such certificate or authority which is expressed to remain in force for a definite period shall remain in force, unless renewed, only until the expiration of that period.
(4) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them, that is to say—
"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 vessel" means a vessel which is for the time being employed in sea fishing, but does not include a vessel used otherwise than for profit;
"Interference" has the same meaning as in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949(a);
"Length" in relation to a fishing vessel means its registered length;
"Mile" means the international nautical mile of 1852 metres;
"Normal range of transmission" means that distance at which the field strength set up by an unmodulated carrier over sea, by day, under normal conditions—
(a) in the case of radiotelephone transmitters is at least 25 microvolts per metre on a frequency of 2182 kHz;
(b) in the case of radiotelegraph transmitters is at least 50 microvolts per metre on a frequency of 500 kHz;
"Radio watch" means listening for signalling on the international distress frequency of 2182 kHz, and when operating outside the area specified in Schedule 2 to these Rules, 500 kHz;
"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.
(5) The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Boats) Rules 1965(b) and the Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Boats) (Amendment) Rules 1969(c) are hereby revoked.
(a) 1949 c. 54.
(b) S.I. 1965/1108 (1965 II, p. 3108).
(c) S.I. 1969/1316 (1969 III, p. 3925).
(6) Schedule 1 to these Rules shall have effect during the transition to the provisions of these Rules from the law in force at the date these Rules come into operation.
Application of the Rules and classification of fishing vessels
2.—(1) These Rules apply to fishing vessels of 12 metres or more in length registered in the United Kingdom.
(2) The fishing vessels to which these Rules apply shall be classified as follows for the purposes of these Rules:
Class I—Fishing vessels of 12 metres or more in length engaged on voyages any part of which is outside the area specified in Schedule 2 to these Rules;
Class II—Fishing vessels of 24·4 metres or more in length engaged only on voyages wholly within the area specified in Schedule 2 to these Rules;
Class III—Fishing vessels of 12 metres or more in length but of less than 24·4 metres in length engaged only on voyages wholly within the area specified in Schedule 2 to these Rules.
PART II
RADIO EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATIONS
Provision of radio installations
3.—(1) The provisions of this Rule shall have effect subject to the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 9 of Schedule 1 to these Rules.
(2) Every fishing vessel of Class I shall be provided with a radiotelephone installation which shall include the equipment specified in Parts I, II, III and IV of Schedule 3 to these Rules and with a radiotelegraph installation which shall include the equipment specified in Schedule 4 to these Rules. The main and reserve radiotelephone installations as required by the said Schedule 3 shall be electrically independent of each other.
(3) Every fishing vessel of Class II shall be provided with a radiotelephone installation which shall include the equipment specified in Parts I, II, III and IV of Schedule 3 to these Rules. The main and reserve radiotelephone installations as required by that Schedule shall be electrically independent of each other.
(4) Every fishing vessel of Class III shall be provided with a radiotelephone installation which shall include the equipment specified in Parts I, II and III of the said Schedule 3.
(5) A radiotelephone equipment which is part of a combined radiotelegraph and radiotelephone installation may be regarded for the purposes of these Rules as either the main or the reserve radiotelephone installation required by the said Schedule 3 if it complies with all the requirements of these Rules applicable to such main, or to such reserve, radiotelephone installations, as the case may be.
Provision of electrical energy
4.—(1) There shall be provided in every fishing vessel to which these Rules apply, at all times while the vessel is at sea and at all reasonable times when it is in port, a supply of electrical energy suitable and sufficient for the operation of the radio installation in accordance with these...
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