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FREMANTLE PORT AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1971 - REG 369B

369B .         Flares

        (1)         Every vessel shall, while being navigated outside protected waters, be equipped with the following distress signals — 

            (a)         not less than two red hand flares or not less than two parachute distress rockets; and

            (b)         not less than two orange smoke flares.

        (2)         Distress signals required by this regulation shall be maintained in a serviceable condition at all times, they shall be capable of functioning satisfactorily after immersion in water for one minute, and shall be of such a quality as to enable them to remain serviceable under good average storage conditions for a period of at least three years, the container of each distress signal shall be stamped indelibly with the date on which it is filled and in the case of — 

            (a)         red hand flares, the flare shall be capable of emitting a red light of minimum luminous intensity of fifteen thousand candelas for not less than fifty-five seconds;

            (b)         parachute distress rockets, the rocket shall be capable of projecting a single bright red star to a minimum height of 230 metres which burns while falling, with a minimum luminous intensity of twenty-five thousand candelas for not less than forty seconds;

            (c)         smoke flares, the flare shall be capable of emitting a dense volume of bright orange smoke for a period of not less than fifty-five seconds.

        [Regulation 369B inserted by Gazettes 3 May 1974 p.1455; 24 December 1975 p.4657.]



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