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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations, 2002

Part 3 : Non-GMDSS Requirements

22. Provision of radio equipment

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(1)Every ship to which this Part applies must be provided with a VHF radiotelephone installation that includes a transmitter and a receiver.

 

(2)Every ship to which this Part applies, being—
(a)a passenger ship;
(b)a cargo ship of 100 tons or more;
(c)a cargo ship of less than 100 tons making a voyage more than 40 nautical miles from shore; or
(d)a class B or C fishing vessel,

must be provided with a radiotelephone installation that includes—

(i)a transmitter and a receiver;
(ii)a radiotelephone alarm signal generating device; and
(iii)
(aa)during the period expiring on the fourth anniversary of the commencement of these regulations, either—
(A)a 2182 kHz radiotelephone distress frequency watch receiver; or
(B)a receiver capable of receiving international NAVTEX service broadcasts; and
(bb)after that period, a receiver of the kind referred to in item (aa)(B).

 

(2A)Additional requirement for certain ships to which this Part applies, being—
(a) a class D fishing vessel;
(b) a cargo ship of less than 100 gross tonnage making a voyage less than 40 nautical miles from shore,

and must be provided with the satellite EPIRB of the kind referred to in regulation 10(1)(f).

[Regulation 22(2A) inserted by Section 2 of Act No. R. 44 of 2017]

 

 

(3)A satellite EPIRB of the kind referred to in regulation 10(1)(f) must be provided—
(a)on every ship to which this Part applies making a voyage outside waters under South African jurisdiction;
(b)after the period expiring on the second anniversary of the commencement of these regulations, on every ship to which this Part applies, being—
(i)a new ship, other than a fishing vessel; or
(ii)a class C fishing vessel; and
(c)after the period expiring on the fourth anniversary of the commencement of these regulations, on every ship to which this Part applies, being—
(i)an existing ship, other than a fishing vessel; or
(ii)a class D fishing vessel.