90 Distress signals (1) A vessel must be provided in accordance with the regulations with the means of making distress signals. (2) A person on board a vessel must not knowingly use or display or knowingly cause or permit any person under his or her authority to use or display any recognised distress signal except in the case of a vessel being in distress. (3) For the purposes of section 86 of the **Sentencing Act 1991**, compensation for loss or destruction of, or damage to, property as a result of the offence includes compensation for— (a) any work undertaken; or (b) any risk incurred; or (c) any loss sustained— in consequence of the signal having been taken to be a distress signal.

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