Victorian Numbered Regulations

MARINE REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 180 OF 2009) - REG 602

For the purposes of section 88 of the Act, a prescribed measuring device is tested in the prescribed manner if the testing officer who tests the device—

        (a)     is satisfied that the device is in a satisfactory electrical condition and, in particular, that any maintenance carried out on the device has been carried out in a satisfactory manner; and

        (b)     is satisfied that the device is properly calibrated so that it operates within the limits of error of not more than 2 knots greater than or less than the true speeds determinable from the test; and

        (c)     records and retains the results of the test, including—

              (i)     a statement showing the frequencies or speeds at which the calibration was effected and the number of times at each frequency or speed the calibration was effected; and

              (ii)     the date of the test and the ambient temperature at the time of the test.