| (Cap 369 sections 97 and 107) [2 August 1991] (L.N. 328 of 1991) Cap 369AP reg 1 Citation PART I GENERAL (1) These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Radio Installations) Regulations. (2) (Omitted as spent) (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AP reg 2 Interpretation (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "approved" (认可) means approved by the Director; "cargo ship" (货船) means any ship other than a passenger ship; "connected" (连接上) means electrically connected; "existing installation" (现有装设) means- (a) a radio installation wholly installed before 25 May 1980; and (b) a radio installation part of which was installed before the said date and the rest of which consists of parts installed in replacement of identical parts or parts which comply with the relative requirements of these regulations;"Hong Kong ship" (香港船舶) means a ship which is registered in Hong Kong; "interference" (干扰) means the effect of unwanted energy due to one or a combination of emissions, radiations, or inductions upon reception in a radiocommunications system, manifested by any performance degradation, misinterpretation, or loss of information which could be extracted in the absence of such unwanted energy; (36 of 2000 s. 28) "maintenance" (维修) means any activity intended to keep a radio installation in satisfactory working condition and includes tests, measurements, replacements, adjustments and repair; "mile" (浬) means the international nautical mile of 1852 metres; "new installation" (新装设) means any radio installation which is not an existing installation; "new ship" (新船舶) means a ship the keel of which was laid or which was at a similar stage of construction on or after 25 May 1980; "operating position" (操作位置) means, in relation to any equipment, the position normally occupied by a person when operating that equipment; "Organization" (组织) means the International Maritime Organization (IMO); "radio installation" (无线电装设) means any radio installation provided on board a ship in compliance or in purported compliance with these regulations, including its associated antennae, inter-connecting circuits and, where appropriate, sources of electrical energy; "radio officer" (无线电报务员) means a person holding a valid maritime radio-communication general certificate, first class radiotelegraph operator's certificate or second class radiotelegraph operator's certificate granted by the Telecommunications Authority under regulation 4 of the Telecommunications Regulations (Cap 106 sub. leg.), and who is employed in the radiotelegraph station of a ship to which these regulations apply; "Radio Regulations" (无线电规例) means the Radio Regulations annexed to any Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union which has from time to time or at any time been acceded to by or applied to Hong Kong; (36 of 2000 s. 28) "radiotelegraph ship" (无线电报船舶) means a ship, being a passenger ship or a cargo ship of 300 tons or more to which these regulations apply, which is provided with a radiotelegraph installation; "radiotelephone operator" (无线电话值机员) means a person holding a valid appropriate certificate granted by the Telecommunications Authority under regulation 4 of the Telecommunications Regulations (Cap 106 sub. leg.); "radiotelephone ship" (无线电话船舶) means a cargo ship, being a ship to which these regulations apply, of not less than 300 tons but less than 1600 tons, which is provided with a radiotelephone installation; "radiotelephone station" (无线电话电台) and "radiotelephone installation" (无线电话装设) relate to the equipment operating within the frequency band 1605-3800 kHz; "radio watch" (无线电值班), in relation to a radiotelegraph ship, means listening on the international distress frequencies 500 kHz and 2182 kHz and, in relation to a radiotelephone ship, means listening on the international distress frequency 2182 kHz; "silence period" (静默时段) means the period of 3 minutes beginning at 15 minutes and at 45 minutes past each hour, on the frequency 500 kHz, and at each hour and at 30 minutes past each hour, on the frequency 2182 kHz; "Telecommunications Authority" (电讯管理局局长) means the public officer appointed under section 5 of the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap 106); "tons" (吨) means gross tonnage and- (a) in relation to a ship having alternative gross tonnages under paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration) (Tonnage) Regulations (Cap 415 sub. leg.), means the larger of those tonnages; and (b) in relation to a ship having its tonnage determined both under Part II and regulation 16 of those regulations, means her gross tonnage as determined under the said regulation 16;"VHF radiotelephone station" (甚高频无线电话电台) and "VHF radiotelephone installation" (甚高频无线电话装设) relate to the equipment operating within the frequency band 156.025-162.025 MHz. |
