Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 210

210. (1) The Minister may make rules (in this Act referred to as "rules for direction-finders") requiring ships to which this article applies to be provided with a direction-finder of such a nature as may be prescribed by the rules. (2) This article applies to: (a) Maltese ships; (b) all other ships while they are in Maltese waters. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this article, rules under this article may provid e for the position of the direction-finder in the ship, for the communication between the direction-finder and the bridge, for testing the direction-finder at intervals and as occasion may r equire and for recording the result of the tests. Further provisions as to radio navigational aids.