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Si los Gobiernos aplican reglas especiales en cuanto a utilizar luces de situación y señales luminosas o marcas adicionales para buques dedicados a la pesca en flotilla, estas deben ser:If governments apply special rules for extra lights, signals or shapes for fishing fleets, they must be:
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Correct answer: c) As far as possible, such that they cannot be mistaken for any light, shape or signal authorised elsewhere in the rules.
Why it is correct
Special rules are allowed if they cannot be mistaken for any rules signal. That avoids confusion.
Why the others are not
- a) Not the criterion.
- b) They must differ.
- d) They can.
How to work it out in the exam
- Special rules: no confusion.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2022 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Tipo x · question 18 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 1
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 1
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