Marine Orders - Part 27: Radio Equipment, Issue 2 (Order No. 9 of 2002)
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8 Specific requirements
8.1 The radio installations[5], equipment, watchkeeping arrangements, sources of energy, performance standards[6], maintenance requirements,[7] personnel[8] and record-keeping[9] of a SOLAS ship must comply with the relevant provisions of regulations 6 to 18 (inclusive) of Chapter IV of SOLAS, the Radio Regulations, the STCW Convention and the STCW Code.[10]
8.2 The radio installations,[11] equipment, watchkeeping arrangements, sources of energy,[12] performance standards,[13] maintenance requirements,[14] personnel and record-keeping of a non-SOLAS ship must be such as to adequately enable the functional requirements set out in 7.2 to be met,[15] and comply with the relevant provisions of the Radio Regulations, the STCW Convention and the STCW Code.[16]
8.3 For the purposes of section 231E of the Navigation Act, Appendix 8 specifies the prescribed form of a radio log-book.[17]
8.4 A ship normally engaged in harbour duties must:[18]
be fitted with a VHF radio installation complying with A1(a) and A1(b) of Appendix 7; and
be provided with an approved 406 MHz or 1.6 GHz satellite EPIRB.
8.5 There must be carried on a ship:
the Safety Radio, or Radio, Certificate, the Record of Equipment, any applicable Certificate of Exemption, and other relevant statutory certificates;
a copy of:
\- the current edition of the Marine Radio Operators Handbook, published by the Australian Communications Authority; or
\- the current edition of the handbook for GMDSS ship station operators, published by AMSA;
a copy of this Part of Marine Orders;
a copy of the current edition of the Manual for use by the Maritime Mobile and the Maritime Mobile-Satellite Services, published by the International Telecommunication Union;[\[19\]](#_ftn19)
a copy of the current edition of the Admiralty List of Radio Signals, published by the Hydrographer of the Navy (UK);19
a copy of the current edition of the List of Ship Stations, published by the International Telecommunications Union;19
a copy of the current edition of the List of Call Signs and Numerical Identities of Stations used by the Maritime Mobile Satellite Services, published by the International Telecommunication Union;19 and
the ship's Radio Log Book.
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