The Collision Regulations and Distress Signals Order 1977
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of June 1977
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas—

(1) by virtue of sections 418, 424 and 738 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894(a) (hereinafter referred to as "the 1894 Act"), as amended by section 52(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1949(b), and of that Act as extended to the Isle of Man(c) and the Channel Islands(d), Her Majesty may by Order in Council, on the joint recommendation of the Secretary of State for Defence an...