At least one search and rescue locating device shall be
carried on each side of every passenger ship and of every cargo ship
of 500 gross tonnage and upwards. At least one search and rescue locating
device shall be carried on every cargo ship of 300 gross tonnage and
upwards but less than 500 gross tonnage. Such search and rescue locating
devices shall conform to the applicable performance standards not
inferior to those adopted by the Organizationfootnote. The search and rescue locating devicesfootnote shall be stowed in such location that they
can be rapidly placed in any survival craft other than the liferaft
or liferafts required by regulation
31.1.4. Alternatively one search and rescue locating device
shall be stowed in each survival craft other than those required by regulation 31.1.4. On ships carrying
at least two search and rescue locating devices and equipped with
free-fall lifeboats one of the search and rescue locating devices
shall be stowed in a free-fall lifeboat and the other located in the
immediate vicinity of the navigation bridge so that it can be utilized
on board and ready for transfer to any of the other survival craft.”