LegalizeS.I. No. 29/1984 - Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on The Water) Order, 1984
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- (c) rockets or shells, throwing red stars fired one at a time at short intervals;
- (d) a signal made by radiotelegraphy or by any other signalling method consisting of the group...——— ...(SOS) in the Morse Code;
- (e) a signal sent by radiotelephony consisting of the spoken word "Mayday";
- (f) the International Code Signal of distress indicated by N. C.;
- (g) a signal consisting of a square flag having above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball;
- (h) flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, etc.);
- (i) a rocket parachute flare or a hand flare showing a red light;
- (j) a smoke signal giving off orange-coloured smoke;
- (k) slowly and repeatedly raising and lowering arms outstretched to each side;
- (l) the radiotelegraph alarm signal;
- (m) the radiotelephone alarm signal;
- (n) signals transmitted by emergency position-indicating radio beacons.
The use or exhibition of any of the foregoing signals except for the purpose of indicating distress and need of assistance and the use of other signals which may be confused with any of the above signals is prohibited.
Attention is drawn to the relevant sections of theInternational Code of Signals, the Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual and the following signals:
- (a) a piece of orange-coloured canvas with either a black square and circle or other appropriate symbol (for identification from the air);
- (b) a dye marker.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
Countries which have accepted the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea as amended:
| Algeria | France |
| Argentina | Gabon |
| Australia | German Democratic Republic |
| Austria | Germany, Federal Republic of |
| Bahamas | Ghana |
| Barbados | Greece |
| Bangladesh | Guinea |
| Belgium | Hungary |
| Brazil | Iceland |
| Bulgaria | India |
| Canada | Indonesia |
| Cape Verde | Israel |
| Chile | Italy |
| China | Jamaica |
| Colombia | Japan |
| Cyprus | Korea, Republic of |
| Czechoslovakia | Kuwait |
| Denmark | Liberia |
| Dominican Republic | Malaysia |
| Ecuador | Maldives |
| Fiji | Mexico |
| Finland | Monaco |
| Morocco | Tunisia |
| Netherlands | Turkey |
| New Zealand | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Nigeria | United Kingdom |
| Norway | Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands & Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Pitcairn Islands Group, St. Helena & Dependencies, Turks & Caicos Islands |
| Pakistan | Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands & Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Pitcairn Islands Group, St. Helena & Dependencies, Turks & Caicos Islands |
| Panama | Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands & Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Pitcairn Islands Group, St. Helena & Dependencies, Turks & Caicos Islands |
| Papua New Guinea | Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands & Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Pitcairn Islands Group, St. Helena & Dependencies, Turks & Caicos Islands |
| Peru | Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands & Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Pitcairn Islands Group, St. Helena & Dependencies, Turks & Caicos Islands |
| Poland | Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands & Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Pitcairn Islands Group, St. Helena & Dependencies, Turks & Caicos Islands |
| Portugal | Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands & Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Pitcairn Islands Group, St. Helena & Dependencies, Turks & Caicos Islands |
| Quatar | |
| Romania | United States |
| Samoa | Puerto Rico, Guam, The Canal Zone, The Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, Midway, Wake, Johnston Islands, Palmyra Island, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island and Navassa Island |
| Saudi Arabia | Puerto Rico, Guam, The Canal Zone, The Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, Midway, Wake, Johnston Islands, Palmyra Island, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island and Navassa Island |
| Senegal | Puerto Rico, Guam, The Canal Zone, The Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, Midway, Wake, Johnston Islands, Palmyra Island, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island and Navassa Island |
| Singapore | Puerto Rico, Guam, The Canal Zone, The Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, Midway, Wake, Johnston Islands, Palmyra Island, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island and Navassa Island |
| Solomon Islands | Puerto Rico, Guam, The Canal Zone, The Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, Midway, Wake, Johnston Islands, Palmyra Island, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island and Navassa Island |
| South Africa | Puerto Rico, Guam, The Canal Zone, The Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, Midway, Wake, Johnston Islands, Palmyra Island, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island and Navassa Island |
| Spain | Puerto Rico, Guam, The Canal Zone, The Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, Midway, Wake, Johnston Islands, Palmyra Island, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island and Navassa Island |
| Sri Lanka | Puerto Rico, Guam, The Canal Zone, The Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, Midway, Wake, Johnston Islands, Palmyra Island, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island and Navassa Island |
| Sweden | |
| Switzerland | Uruguay |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Vanuatu |
| Thailand | Yemen |
| Tonga | Yugoslavia |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Zaire |
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 31st day
of January, 1984.
GARRET FITZGERALD,
Taoiseach.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Order declares that the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (as amended by Resolution A.464 (XII) of the International Maritime Organisation) set forth in the First Schedule to the Order shall, with the exception of Rule 37 and Annex IV thereof, constitute the collision regulations referred to in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 and the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1936 .
The Order revokes the Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on the Water) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 229 of 1977 ).
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