Order in Council CONSOLIDATING ORDERS IN COUNCIL MAKING REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA AND RULES AS TO SIGNALS OF DISTRESS.
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1910/1113 |
| Year | 1910 |
1910 No. 1113
MERCHANT SHIPPING
(6) Prevention of Collisions (Navigational Warnings, Signals of Distress and Urgency)
ORDER IN COUNCIL CONSOLIDATING ORDERS IN COUNCIL MAKING REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA AND RULES AS TO SIGNALS OF DISTRESS.PRESENT,
The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by Section 418 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, His Majesty is empowered from time to time on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade by Order in Council to make regulations for preventing collisions at sea, in the said Act referred to as Collision Regulations:
And whereas by Section 424 of the said Act it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to His Majesty in Council that the Government of any foreign country is willing that the said regulations or any of them should apply to the ships of that country when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that those regulations shall, subject to any limitation of time, conditions and qualifications contained in the Order, apply to the ships of the said foreign country, whether within British jurisdiction or not, and that such ships shall for the purpose of such regulations be treated as if they were British ships:
And whereas by Section 434 of the said Act His Majesty is empowered from time to time by Order in Council to make rules as to signals of distress:
And whereas by Section 734 of the said Act it is provided that where it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the Government of any foreign country is desirous that any of the provisions of that Act which do not apply to the ships of that country, should so apply, and there are no special provisions in the Act for that application, His Majesty in Council may order that such of those provisions as are in the Order specified shall (subject to the limitations, if any, contained therein) apply to the ships of that country, and to the owners, masters, seamen, and apprentices of those ships, when not locally within the jurisdiction of the government of that country, in the same manner in all respects as if those ships were British ships:
And whereas by Section 738 of the said Act it is provided that where His Majesty has power under that Act or any Act amending the same, to make an Order in Council His Majesty may from time to time make that Order in Council and by Order in Council revoke, alter or add to any Order so made:
And whereas by the said last-mentioned Section it is further provided that subject to any special provisions of that Act upon the publication of any such Order the Order shall as from the date of its publication or any later date mentioned in the Order take effect as if it were enacted by Parliament:
And whereas by an Order in Council dated the 27th day of November, 1896,(a) regulations for preventing collisions at sea and as to distress signals were made as regards British ships and boats, and by a subsequent Order dated the 7th day of July, 1897,(b) these Regulations were extended, subject to the limitations stated in the Order, to the ships of the several countries specified in Schedule III to the last mentioned Order:
And whereas by Orders in Council dated respectively the 18th day of August, 1892,(c) the 7th day of July, 1897,(d) and the 4th day of April, 1906,(e) other regulations for the prevention of collisions were made as regards British ships:
And whereas it is expedient to consolidate the Regulations which have been made as regards British ships:
And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the Governments of the several countries mentioned in Schedule II hereto annexed are willing that the Regulations and Rules contained in Schedule I should, subject to the qualifications mentioned in the aforesaid Schedule I and to the proviso in the case of Chinese ships that the application of the Regulations and Rules shall be limited to ships of foreign type, apply to the ships of those countries when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction:
And whereas the provisions of Section one of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, have been complied with:
Now therefore His Majesty, by virtue of the powers conferred on Him by the aforesaid Act, and on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the collision regulations and the rules as to signals of distress contained in Schedule I to this Order shall apply to all British ships:
And His Majesty is also pleased to direct that the said Regulations and Rules shall, subject to the aforesaid qualifications and to the proviso in the case of Chinese ships that the Regulations and Rules will be applicable only to ships of foreign type, apply to the ships of the countries named in Schedule II to this Order whether they are within British jurisdiction or not, and that such ships shall for the purpose of such Regulations and Rules be treated as if they were British ships:
And His Majesty is further pleased to direct that this Order shall come into operation on and after the 13th day of October, 1910, and that as and from the coming into operation of this Order the Orders in Council specified in Schedule III to this Order shall be revoked and the same shall be revoked accordingly.
Almeric FitzRoy.
(a) S.R. & O. Rev. 1904, VIII, "Merchant Shipping", p. 275 (1896 No. 1082).
(b) Ibid. p. 283 (1897 No. 573)
(c) Ibid. p. 273
(d) Ibid. p. 285 (1897 No. 572)
(e) S.R. & O. 1906 (No. 281) p. 400.
SCHEDULE I
PRELIMINARY
These Rules shall be followed by all vessels upon the high seas and in all waters connected therewith, navigable by sea-going vessels.
In the following Rules every steam vessel which is under sail and is not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel.
The word "steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery.
A vessel is "under way" within the meaning of these Rules, when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore or aground.
RULES CONCERNING LIGHTS, &C.
The word "visible" in these Rules, when applied to lights, shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere.
Article 1. These Rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited.
Article 2. A steam vessel when under way shall carry—
(a) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast, then in the fore part of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less than 20 feet, and if the breadth of the vessel exceeds 20 feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such breadth, so, however, that the light need not be carried at a greater height above the hull than 40 feet, a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 10 points on each side of the vessel, viz., from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least 5 miles.
(b) On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least 2 miles.
(c) On the port side a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least 2 miles.
(d) The said green and red side-lights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least 3 feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.
(e) A steam vessel when under way may carry an additional white light similar in construction to the light mentioned in subdivision (a). These two lights shall be so placed in line with the keel that one shall be at least 15 feet higher than the other, and in such a position with reference to each other that the lower light shall be forward of the upper one. The vertical distance between these lights shall be less than the horizontal distance.
Article 3. A steam vessel when towing another vessel shall, in addition to her side-lights, carry two bright white lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 6 feet apart, and when towing more than one vessel shall carry an additional bright white light 6 feet above or below such lights, if the length of the tow, measuring from the stern of the towing vessel to the stern of the last vessel towed, exceeds 600 feet. Each of these lights shall be of the same construction and character, and shall be carried in the same position as the white light mentioned in Article 2 (a), except the additional light, which may be carried at a height of not less than 14 feet...
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