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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations, 2002

Part 2 : GMDSS Requirements

20. Position-updating
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If radio equipment required by this Part is capable of automatically providing the ship's position when transmitting a distress alert, the ship's position and the time the ship was at that position must be made available for transmission by the radio equipment—

(a)from a navigation receiver, if one is fitted; or
(b)manually, at intervals not exceeding four hours, while the ship is at sea