Search:

I think what you mean is contact maritime rescue and have them flag the beacons hexadecimal serial number and rough location as lost in their records.

Registration has no bearing on actioning a...

Dan, from memory there is a comments section on the registration page, I recorded my NZ details and supporting info there.

That's incorrect, I use my Australian coded one through out Asia pacific.
AMSA will pick up the distress signal and contact the local authority to carry out the search/rescue.