Marine Order 27 (Safety of navigation and radio equipment) 2016
33Urgency signal
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33 Urgency signal
(1) The urgency signal is the words ‘pan pan’.
Note The sending of an urgency signal is normally preceded by a DSC urgency announcement or an EGC message with safety priority.
(2) A person may transmit the urgency signal and a following message only:
(a) when giving notice that the calling radio station has an urgent message to transmit about the safety of a vessel, an aircraft, a vehicle or a person; and
(b) unless subsection 34(1) applies — on the distress frequency.
(3) An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.
(4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (2).
(5) An urgency signal or urgency traffic has priority over all other radio communication except distress traffic.