1992 No. 1582
MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
The Merchant Shipping (Signals of Distress) Rules 1992
Made 30th June 1992
Laid before Parliament 8th July 1992
Coming into force 29th July 1992

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 21(2) and 36(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:—
1949 c. 43; section 21(2) was amended by the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1983 (S.I.1983/708), Schedule 2, Part II. In section 36(1), see the definition of “the Minister” (mentioned in section 21(2)).
See S.I.1965/145, 1970/1537, 1981/238.