3.6 National coordinator responsibilities
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3.6 National coordinator responsibilities

  3.6.1 The National coordinator must:

  • .1 endeavour to be informed of all events that could significantly affect the safety of navigation within their area of national responsibility;

  • .2 assess all information immediately upon receipt in the light of expert knowledge for relevance to navigation in their area of national responsibility;

  • .3 select information for broadcast in accordance with the guidance given in paragraph 4.2;

  • .4 draft coastal warnings in accordance with the Joint IMO/IHO/WMO Manual on Maritime Safety Information;

  • .5 direct and control the broadcast of coastal warnings, in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended;

  • .6 forward coastal warnings and relevant associated information which may require wider promulgation directly to their NAVAREA coordinator and/or adjacent National coordinators as appropriate, using the quickest possible means;

  • .7 broadcast in-force bulletins not less than once per week at a regularly scheduled time;

  • .8 promulgate the cancellation of coastal warnings which are no longer valid;

  • .9 act as the central point of contact on matters relating to navigational warnings within their area of national responsibility;

  • .10 promote the use of established international standards and practices in the promulgation of navigational warnings within their area of national responsibility;

  • .11 monitor the broadcasts which they originate to ensure that the messages have been correctly broadcast;

  • .12 maintain records of source data relating to coastal warnings in accordance with the requirement of the National Administration of the National coordinator; and

  • .13 take into account the need for contingency planning.

Parent topic: 3 – Coordinator Resources and Responsibilities
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