SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA C103 



Regulation 13 



Portable Radio Apparatus 



(a) An approved portable radio apparatus for survival craft complying 

 with the requirements set out in Regulation 13 of Chapter IV shall be carried 

 in all ships except those on which there is carried on each side of the ship 

 a motor lifeboat fitted with a radiotelegraph installation complying with the 

 provisions of Regulation 14 of this Chapter and of Regulation 12 of 

 Chapter IV. All this equipment shall be kept together in the chartroom or 

 other suitable place ready to be moved to one or other of the lifeboats in 

 the event of an emergency. However, in tankers of 3,000 tons gross tonnage 

 and upwards in which lifeboats are fitted amidships and aft this equipment 

 shall be kept in a suitable place in the vicinity of those lifeboats which are 

 furthest away from the ship's main transmitter. 



(/)) In the case of ships engaged on voyages of such duration that in the 

 opinion of the Administration portable radio apparatus for survival craft is 

 unnecessary, the Administration may allow such equipment to be dispensed 

 with. 



Regulation 14 



Radio Apparatus and Searchlights in Motor Lifeboats 



{a) (i) Where the total number of persons on board a passenger ship 

 engaged on international voyages which are not short international voyages, 

 a ship employed as a whale factory ship, a ship employed as a fish processing 

 or canning factory ship or a ship engaged in the carriage of persons employed 

 in the whaling, fish processing or canning industries, is more than 199 but 

 less than 1.500, a radiotelegraph apparatus complying with the requirements 

 set out in this Regulation and in Regulation 12 of Chapter IV shall be fitted 

 in at least one of the motor lifeboats required under Regulation 8 of this 

 Chapter to be carried in that ship. 



(ii) Where the total number of persons on board such a ship is 1,500 

 or more, such a radiotelegraph apparatus shall be fitted in every motor 

 lifeboat required under Regulation 8 of this Chapter to be carried in that ship. 



{b) The radio apparatus shall be installed in a cabin large enough to 

 accommodate both the equipment and the person using it. 



(c) The arrangements shall be such that the efficient operation of the 

 transmitter and receiver shall not be interfered with by the engine while it is 

 running, whether a battery is on charge or not. 



(d) The radio battery shall not be used to supply power to any engine 

 starting motor or ignition system. 



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