The following PDF document is courtesy of the MCA and is MSN 1781, otherwise known as 'The Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals & Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1972 - amended in November 2003.

For those of you who have an old copy of the Collision Regulations and just want to see the amendments, the 2nd PDF details the changes.

Collision Regulations Text

MSN 1781 ~ Full Up-to-Date Text of the Collision Regulations
November 2003 Amendments to the Collision regulations

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