The General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Hyperbolic Systems) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/347
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Hyperbolic Systems) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2

(1) In the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) below, all references to a beacon in Part XI of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 shall be construed as including equipment and support facilities provided for broadcasts in the frequency range 90 kHz 100kHz from any transmitters situate in the United Kingdom which form part of a position fixing system known as the Loran C system.

(2) The circumstances are that the United Kingdom is party to an international agreement concerning the establishment and operation of the Loran C system.