| (1) | Every ship to which this Part applies must be provided with a VHF radiotelephone installation that includes a transmitter and a receiver. |
| (2) | Every ship to which this Part applies, being— |
| (b) | a cargo ship of 100 tons or more; |
| (c) | a cargo ship of less than 100 tons making a voyage more than 40 nautical miles from shore; or |
| (d) | a class B or C fishing vessel, |
must be provided with a radiotelephone installation that includes—
| (i) | a transmitter and a receiver; |
| (ii) | a radiotelephone alarm signal generating device; and |
| (aa) | during the period expiring on the fourth anniversary of the commencement of these regulations, either— |
| (A) | a 2182 kHz radiotelephone distress frequency watch receiver; or |
| (B) | a receiver capable of receiving international NAVTEX service broadcasts; and |
| (bb) | after that period, a receiver of the kind referred to in item (aa)(B). |
| (2A) | Additional requirement for certain ships to which this Part applies, being— |
| (a) | a class D fishing vessel; |
| (b) | a cargo ship of less than 100 gross tonnage making a voyage less than 40 nautical miles from shore, |
and must be provided with the satellite EPIRB of the kind referred to in regulation 10(1)(f).
[Regulation 22(2A) inserted by Section 2 of Act No. R. 44 of 2017]
| (3) | A satellite EPIRB of the kind referred to in regulation 10(1)(f) must be provided— |
| (a) | on every ship to which this Part applies making a voyage outside waters under South African jurisdiction; |
| (b) | after the period expiring on the second anniversary of the commencement of these regulations, on every ship to which this Part applies, being— |
| (i) | a new ship, other than a fishing vessel; or |
| (ii) | a class C fishing vessel; and |
| (c) | after the period expiring on the fourth anniversary of the commencement of these regulations, on every ship to which this Part applies, being— |
| (i) | an existing ship, other than a fishing vessel; or |
| (ii) | a class D fishing vessel. |
