
1 
This Order may be cited as the General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Maritime Differential Correction Systems) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 12th January 1998.
2 
For the purposes of Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, all references to a beacon in the said Part VIII shall be construed as including equipment provided for broadcasts in the medium frequency range 283.5-315 khz from any transmitter situated in the United Kingdom where such equipment forms part of a maritime differential position-fixing, integrity monitoring and data carrying system based on real-time corrections to signals emanating from a global satellite system.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Glenda Jackson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
15th December 1997