12. Equipment that is fitted on a ship on or after July 1, 2002 and required to be type-approved under paragraph 11(2)(a) shall

• (a) be manufactured by a manufacturer that has a quality control system in place that is audited by a competent authority to ensure continuous compliance with the type-approval conditions; or

• (b) before being fitted on a ship, be certified as being in compliance with the type-approval by a competent authority that has used final product verification procedures.

13. Equipment that is referred to in these Regulations, that is fitted on a ship on or after July 1, 2002 and that offers alternative modes of operation shall indicate the actual mode of use.

14. Insofar as it is feasible, section 11 applies in respect of equipment for which performance standards are specified in Schedule 1, that is fitted on or after July 1, 2002 on a ship of 150 tons or more engaged on an international voyage or on a ship of 500 tons or more engaged on a voyage other than a home-trade voyage, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage and that is in addition to the equipment required by these Regulations.

15. Section 11 applies in respect of heading or track control systems, or other means, that can be used to automatically control, and keep to, a heading or straight track and that are fitted on a ship of over 1000 tons.

• 16. (1) Integrated bridge systems that are fitted on a ship on or after July 1, 2002 shall be so arranged that failure of any sub-system is brought to the immediate attention of the person in charge of the deck watch by audible and visual alarms and does not cause the failure of any other sub-system.

• (2) In the case of a failure in one part of an integrated navigational system, it shall be possible to operate each other individual piece of equipment or part of the system separately.

17. During the inspection of the compasses on a ship that is not a pleasure craft, the master shall

• (a) show the inspector a certificate of adjustment substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2, signed by a compass adjuster, or a deviation card signed and dated by a compass adjuster; or

• (b) if the master has found the compasses to be satisfactory to provide heading direction, give the inspector a statement signed by the master and first mate to that effect.

18. This Part applies to ships constructed before July 1, 2002.

• 19. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), every ship engaged on a foreign voyage, a home-trade voyage, Class I or II, or an inland voyage, Class I, shall be fitted with

  • (a) a standard magnetic compass that provides clear, readable heading information at the main steering position to the person at the helm; or

  • (b) a standard magnetic compass and a steering magnetic compass.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following ships if a steering magnetic compass is installed on the ship together with a device for taking azimuths and terrestrial bearings over an arc of the horizon as close as feasible to 360°:

  • (a) fishing vessels of less than 500 tons that were constructed before January 1, 1975 and are less than 45 m in length; and

  • (b) ships of 150 tons or less.

• (3) A ship that is required by this Part to be fitted with a standard magnetic compass may instead be fitted with a gyro-compass if the ship is fitted with

  • (a) a steering magnetic compass; and

  • (b) a device for taking azimuths and terrestrial bearings over an arc of the horizon as close as feasible to 360°.