Marine Orders - Part 27: Radio Equipment, Issue 3 (Order No. 4 of 2006)
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8 Specific requirements
8.1 The radio installations[4], equipment, watchkeeping arrangements, sources of energy, performance standards[5], maintenance requirements,[6] personnel[7] and record-keeping[8] 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.[9]
8.2 The radio installations,[10] equipment, watchkeeping arrangements, sources of energy,[11] performance standards,[12] maintenance requirements,[13] 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,[14] and comply with the relevant provisions of the Radio Regulations, the STCW Convention and the STCW Code.[15]
8.3 For the purposes of section 231E of the Navigation Act, Appendix 7 specifies the prescribed form of a radio log-book.[16]
8.4 A ship normally engaged in harbour duties must:[17]
(a) be fitted with a VHF radio installation complying with A1(a) and A1(b) of Appendix 6; and
(b) be provided with:
(i) an approved 406 MHz satellite EPIRB; or
(ii) until 30 November 2006—an approved 1.6 GHz satellite EPIRB.
8.5 There must be carried on a ship:
(a) the Safety Radio, or Radio, Certificate, the Record of Equipment, any applicable Certificate of Exemption, and other relevant statutory certificates;
(b) a copy of:
(i) the current edition of the Marine Radio Operators Handbook, published by the Australian Communications Authority; or
(ii) the current edition of the handbook for GMDSS ship station operators, published by AMSA;
(c) a copy of this Part of Marine Orders;
(d) 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;[\[18\]](#_ftn18)
(e) a copy of the current edition of the Admiralty List of Radio Signals, published by the Hydrographer of the Navy (UK);18
(f) a copy of the current edition of the List of Ship Stations, published by the International Telecommunications Union;18
(g) 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; 18 and
(h) the ship's Radio log-book.
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