Non-receipt of data

(1) When the FMC has not received data transmission in accordance with Regulation 32 or 33 for more than 4 hours, it shall notify the master or the owner/operator of the vessel or their representative as soon as possible. If, in respect to a particular vessel, this situation occurs more than four times within a period of one year, the FMC shall require that the MTU data. 86 of that particular vessel be checked to ensure that it has not been tampered with. This may entail the authorized removal of the unit from the vessel. (2) When the FMC has not received data transmissions in accordance with Regulation 32 or 33 for more than 4 hours and the last received position was from within the EEZ of another country, the FMC shall notify the FMC of that State, if any, or its Administration thereof as soon as possible.