Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations, 2002Part 3 : Non-GMDSS Requirements37. Radio records (Radiotelephone ship) |
| (1) | The radio log required by the ITU Radio Regulations for a radiotelephone ship must be kept at the place where radio watch is maintained during the voyage. |
| (2) | Every radiotelephone operator and every master, officer or crew member, when carrying out a radio watch in accordance with regulation 35, must enter in the radio log the information specified in Part 2 of Annex 3. |
| (3) | The radiotelephone operator or, if there is more than one operator, the one designated by the master, must inspect and sign each day the entries in the radio log for that day, confirming that the requirements of this Part have been complied with. |
| (4) | The master must inspect and sign each day's entries in the radio log. |
| (5) | The master must, on demand, produce the radio log for inspection by a surveyor or a proper officer. |
| (6) | The radio log forms part of the ship's official logbook, but is to be kept separate from the official logbook, and, for the purposes of section 187 of the Act, is deemed to be a document relating to the navigation of the ship. |