SCHEDULE 2 Amendments

2 The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998
(1) The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998 are amended as follows.
S.I. 1998/2070, amended by S.I. 2021/1316; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “Radio Regulations” insert—

““remote operation centre” means any location from which a remotely operated vessel is operated except that vessel;
“remotely operated unmanned vessel” means a vessel that—
(a) is operated from a remote operation centre, and
(b) is not carrying any person at the time that it is operated;”

(3) In regulation 3(2) (vessels to which the Regulations do not apply), after sub-paragraph (h) insert—

“(ha) remotely operated unmanned vessels;”

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