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The Merchant Shipping (Navigational Warnings)Regulations 1996
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These Regulations give effect to certain provisions of Chapter V of the Safety of Life At Sea Convention, 1974. They require the master of every United Kingdom ship to send warnings of navigational hazards encountered.
The Regulations replace the Merchant Shipping (Navigational Warnings) Regulations 1980, as amended. The warnings to be sent of certain hazards to navigation are now to be specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice, firstly Merchant Shipping Notice No. M. 1641/NW1.
No substantive changes are made.
Merchant Shipping Notices are obtainable from Eros Marketing Support Services Ltd, Unit B, Imber Court Trading Estate, Orchard Lane, East Molesley, Surrey KT8 0BN.
Radio Regulations are obtainable from the International Telecommunication Union, Place Des Nations, CH-1211 Geneve 20, Switzerland.
The International Code of Signals is obtainable from the International Maritime Organization, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR.
The Admiralty List of Radio Signals is obtainable from branded Admiralty distributors as listed in the Catalogue of Admiralty Charts and Other Hydrographic Publications (available from the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2DN).
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