1985 Ed.]
Shipping and Port Control Regulations
[CAP. 313
A 17
[Subsidiary]
35. (1) A police launch shall, for the purposes of regulation 20, exhibit the following signal-
(a) between sunrise and sunset, a blue flag with one white and two red diagonal stripes; and
(b) between sunset and sunrise, a blue light.
(2) If any vessel exhibits without authority any signal specified in paragraph (1), the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
36. Where fire services assistance or police assistance is required on a vessel-
(a) between sunrise and sunset, the international code signal "CB3" shall be hoisted and, in the case of fire, that signal may be supplemented by the international code signal "CB6" "I am on fire";
(b) between sunset and sunrise, 3 all-round lights in a vertical line, the highest and the lowest lights white and the middle red, shall be exhibited and that signal may be supplemented by a "flare up" every minute in the case of fire or "blue lights" in the case of riot or disturbance, and, in either case, a continuous sounding with any fog signal apparatus may, in addition, be adopted.
37. (1) Without prejudice to anything contained in the Dangerous Goods (Shipping) Regulations, a vessel on which explosives are being handled shall-
(a) between sunrise and sunset, fly the international code signal "B" at the fore masthead; and
(b) between sunset and sunrise, exhibit an all-round red light at a height of not less than 6 metres above the uppermost deck, and such light shall be of such intensity as to be visible in clear atmosphere on a dark night at a distance of at least one nautical mile.
(2) Without prejudice to anything contained in the Dangerous Goods (Shipping) Regulations, a vessel on which petroleum having a flash point of less than 65.5° Celsius is being handled shall-
(a) between sunrise and sunset, fly a red flag of not less than one metre square with a white circular centre 150 millimetres in diameter at the fore masthead and shall also fly the international code signal "S.U.7."; and
(b) between sunset and sunrise, exhibit an all-round red light at a height of not less than 6 metres above the uppermost deck, and such light shall be of such intensity as to be visible in clear atmosphere on a dark night at a distance of at least one nautical mile.
launches.
Signals for fire or police assistance.
Vessels handling explosives or petroleum. (Cap. 295. sub. leg.)