5Prescribed manner of notification

5 Prescribed manner of notification

For the purposes of sections 13(2) , 13(5) , 23(2) , 23(5) , 27(2) , 27(5) , 41(2) , (3) , (4) and (7) of the Act, a prescribed officer is notified of an incident in the prescribed manner if –

(a) he or she is notified, using the contact information for the prescribed officer published by the Department, by –

(i) telephone; or

(ii) radio; and

(b) the notification commences with the code letters "POLREP" and the name, IMO number and radio call-sign of the ship.