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(c) transmit and receive ship-to-ship distress alerting;
(d) transmit and receive on-scene communications, including appropriate SAR co-ordinating communications;
(e) transmit and receive locating signals;
(f) receive MSI;
(g) transmit and receive urgency and safety communications;
(h) transmit and receive bridge to bridge communications.
Note for paragraph (f)   See IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ.1645 Guidance for the Reception of Maritime Safety Information and Search and Rescue Related Information as Required in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), as amended from time to time.
       (3) However, if a regulated Australian vessel to which Chapter IV of SOLAS does not apply, complies with an arrangement set out in Schedule 2, the vessel is taken to have met the functional requirements mentioned in subsection (2).

29 Other requirements for radio installations and equipment — type approval, performance standards, maintenance etc
[SOLAS IV/12-18]
       (1) For a vessel to which Chapter IV of SOLAS applies — the owner must ensure:
(a) that radiocommunication watch requirements, while at sea, are maintained in accordance with Regulation 12 of Chapter IV of SOLAS; and
(b) that sources of energy for radio installations are maintained in accordance with Regulation 13 of Chapter IV of SOLAS; and
(c) that radio equipment is type approved in accordance with Regulation 14 of Chapter IV of SOLAS; and
(d) the radio equipment is maintained in accordance with Regulation 15 of Chapter IV of SOLAS; and
(e) that radio personnel are qualified in accordance with Regulation 16 of Chapter IV of SOLAS; and
(f) that radio record keeping arrangements comply with Regulation 17 of Chapter IV of SOLAS; and
(g) that position updating complies with Regulation 18 of Chapter IV of SOLAS.
Note for paragraph (a)   Regulation 12 of Chapter IV of SOLAS provides the radiocommunication watch requirements to be maintained.
Note for paragraph (b)   Regulation 13 of Chapter IV of SOLAS provides that sources of energy must be available at all times sufficient to operate the radio installations and to charge any batteries used as part of a reserve source or sources of energy for the radio installations.
Note for paragraph (c)   Regulation 14 of Chapter IV of SOLAS provides that radio equipment is to be type approved by the Administration.
Note for paragraph (d)   Regulation 15 of Chapter IV of SOLAS provides that radio equipment is to be maintained to ensure compliance with functional requirements.
Note for paragraph (e)   Regulation 16 of Chapter IV of SOLAS provides that radio personnel must be qualified to the satisfaction of the Administration. For RAVs — the qualification must be in accordance with subdivision 3.2 of Marine Order 70. (Seafarer Certification) 2014). For foreign vessels — the qualification must be to the satisfaction of the government of