Restrictions on distress flares
PA Wellingtbno Marine distress flares should not be used as part of Guy Fawkes day celebrations, according to the Ministry of Transport. The Marine Division’s maritime safety officer, Captain Geoffrey Wearing, said that normally demonstrations of time-expired distress flares needed the written permission of the police and the Ministry of Transport. “However, in the interests of safety, we are giving no
such approvals for Guy Fawkes night,” he said. “If people see a distress flare at sea, they should therefore notify the authorities with reasonable confidence that they are reporting a genuine-emergency,” said Captain Wearing. Anyone who used a distress flare on November 5, except in a genuine emergency, would be liable to prosecution and could face a fine of $lOOO under the Shipping and Seamen Act, he said.
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