Regulation 4 - Functional requirements
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Regulation 4 - Functional requirements

 Every vessel, while at sea, shall be capable:

  • (a) except as provided in regulations 7(1)(a) and 9(1)(d)(iii), of transmitting ship-to-shore distress alerts by at least two separate and independent means, each using a different radiocommunication service;

  • (b) of receiving shore-to-ship distress alerts;

  • (c) of transmitting and receiving ship-to-ship distress alerts;

  • (d) of transmitting and receiving search and rescue co-ordinating communications;

  • (e) of transmitting and receiving on-scene communications;

  • (f) of transmitting and, as required by regulation X/3(6), receiving signals for locating;footnote

  • (g) of transmitting and receivingfootnotemaritime safety information;

  • (h) of transmitting and receiving general radiocommunications to and from shore-based radio systems or networks subject to regulation 14(8); and

  • (i) of transmitting and receiving bridge-to-bridge communications.

Parent topic: Part A - Application and Definitions
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