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CHAPTER IV.— RADIOTELEGRAPH Y AND RADIOTELEPHONYJ 



PART A— APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS 



Regulation 1 



Application 



(a) Unless expressly provided otherwise, this Chapter applies to all shij 

 to which the present Regulations apply. 



(b) This Chapter does not apply to ships to which the present Regulations 

 would otherwise apply while such ships are being navigated within the Great 

 Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters as far 

 east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock at Montreal in the Province of 

 Quebec, Canada.* 



(c) No provision in this Chapter shall prevent the use by a ship or survival 

 craft in distress of any means at its disposal to attract attention, make known 

 its position and obtain help. 



Regulation 2 



Terms and Definitions 



For the purpose of this Chapter the following terms shall have the 

 meanings defined below. All other terms which are used in this Chapter 

 and which are also defined in the Radio Regulations shall have the same 

 meanings as defined in those Regulations : 



(a) " Radio Regulations ' means the Radio Regulations annexed to, or 

 regarded as being annexed to, the most recent International 

 Telecommunication Convention which may be in force at any 

 time. 



{b) " Radiotelegraph auto alarm " means an automatic alarm receiving 

 apparatus which responds to the radiotelegraph alarm signal and 

 has been approved. 



(c) " Radio officer " means a person holding at least a first or second class 

 radiotelegraph operator's certificate complying with the provisions 

 of the Radio Regulations, who is employed in the radiotelegraph 

 station of a ship which is provided with such a station in compliance 

 with the provisions of Regulation 3 or Regulation 4 of this Chapter. 



• Such ships are subject to special requirements relative to radio for safety purposes, the 

 present requirements being contained in the United States-Canadian agreement of 1952, 

 entitled: " Promotion of Safety on the Great Lakes by Means of Radio." 



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