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369AJ PDFTitle:MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONSGazette Number:
Regulation:36Heading:Records of calibration and verificationVersion Date:30/06/1997

The master of every ship required to be fitted with a direction-finder installation shall cause the following records to be kept in a place accessible to any person operating the direction-finder, and to be available for inspection at any reasonable time by a Government surveyor-

        (a) a list or diagram indicating the position, on the most recent occasion on which the direction-finder was calibrated, of the antennas and all moveable structures on board the ship which might affect the accuracy of the direction-finder;
        (b) the calibration tables and curves which were prepared on the most recent occasion on which the direction-finder was calibrated;
        (c) a certificate of calibration signed by the persons making the calibration relating to the most recent occasion on which the direction-finder was calibrated; and
        (d) a record, in the form specified in Schedule 2, of check bearings taken for the verification of calibration, the bearings being numbered in the order in which they were taken.
(Enacted 1991)