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The Merchant Shipping (Signals of Distress) Rules 1992

Boats and ships

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2011-07-04

MERCHANT SHIPPING

SAFETY

These Rules replace the Merchant Shipping (Signals of Distress) Rules 1977 ( “the 1977 Rules”). They give effect to amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974 (Chapter V, Regulation 9) adopted on 11th April 1989 by the Maritime Safety Committee ( “MSC”) of the International Maritime Organization ( “IMO”) at its 57th Session.