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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

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Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations, 2002

Part 4 : Radio Life-Saving Equipment

39. Radar transponders

 

(1) One radar transponder must be carried on each side of every Convention ship, other than a cargo ship of less than 500 tons.

 

(2) One radar transponder must be carried—
(a) on every non-Convention ship; and
(b) on every Convention ship that is a cargo ship of less than 500 tons.

 

(3) The radar transponders required by this regulation must be capable of operating in the 9 GHz band and must be stowed so as to enable rapid placement in a survival craft