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7.—(1) Nothing in these Regulations prevents a person making available in the United Kingdom or putting into service in the United Kingdom—

(a)any watercraft in conformity with Part 2;

(b)any component which is in conformity with Part 2 and which is intended to be incorporated into any watercraft in accordance with the declaration completed by a manufacturer or importer in accordance with Schedule 3;

(c)any of the following propulsion engines—

(i)engines, whether or not installed in watercraft, that are in conformity with Part 2;

F1(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)engines installed in watercraft and type-approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 595/2009(2) on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to emissions from heavy duty vehicles (Euro VI) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 80/1269/EEC, 2005/55/EC and 2005/78/EC complying with these Regulations, with the exclusion of the exhaust emission requirements set out in Part B of Schedule 1.

(2) Where an engine is adapted for installation in a watercraft, a person who so adapts that engine must—

(a)make a declaration, in accordance with Schedule 3, that the adapted engine will continue to meet the emission requirements of F2... Regulation 595/2009, when installed in accordance with the installation instructions the adaptor has provided; and

(b)take full account of the data and other information available from the manufacturer, so that, when the adapted engine is installed in accordance with the installation instructions the adaptor provides, the adapted engine continues to meet the exhaust emission requirements in F3... the Regulation referred to in paragraph (a), whichever is referred to in the declaration submitted in accordance with Schedule 3.

(3) Nothing in these Regulations prevents the making available in the United Kingdom of any partly completed watercraft where the manufacturer or the importer has declared, in accordance with Schedule 3, that the craft complies with the essential requirements at this stage in its construction and that the craft will be completed by others in full compliance with these Regulations.

Extent Information

E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 7 in force at 3.8.2017, see reg. 1

Making available and putting into serviceN.I.

7.—(1) Nothing in these Regulations prevents a person making available in [F4Northern Ireland] or putting into service in [F4Northern Ireland]

(a)any watercraft in conformity with Part 2;

(b)any component which is in conformity with Part 2 and which is intended to be incorporated into any watercraft in accordance with the declaration completed by a manufacturer or importer in accordance with Schedule 3;

(c)any of the following propulsion engines—

(i)engines, whether or not installed in watercraft, that are in conformity with Part 2;

(ii)engines installed in watercraft and type-approved in accordance with Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery(1), which comply with—

(aa)stage III A or stage III B or stage IV emission limits for C1 engines, used in other applications than the propulsion of inland waterway vessels, locomotives and railcars, as provided for in point 4.1.2 of Annex I of Directive 97/68/EC; and

(bb)these Regulations, with the exclusion of the exhaust emission requirements set out in Part B of Schedule 1;

(iii)engines installed in watercraft and type-approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 595/2009(2) on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to emissions from heavy duty vehicles (Euro VI) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 80/1269/EEC, 2005/55/EC and 2005/78/EC complying with these Regulations, with the exclusion of the exhaust emission requirements set out in Part B of Schedule 1.

(2) Where an engine is adapted for installation in a watercraft, a person who so adapts that engine must—

(a)make a declaration, in accordance with Schedule 3, that the adapted engine will continue to meet the emission requirements of either Directive 97/68/EC or Regulation 595/2009, when installed in accordance with the installation instructions the adaptor has provided; and

(b)take full account of the data and other information available from the manufacturer, so that, when the adapted engine is installed in accordance with the installation instructions the adaptor provides, the adapted engine continues to meet the exhaust emission requirements in either the Directive or the Regulation referred to in paragraph (a), whichever is referred to in the declaration submitted in accordance with Schedule 3.

(3) Nothing in these Regulations prevents the making available in [F4Northern Ireland] of any partly completed watercraft where the manufacturer or the importer has declared, in accordance with Schedule 3, that the craft complies with the essential requirements at this stage in its construction and that the craft will be completed by others in full compliance with these Regulations.

Extent Information

E2This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 7 in force at 3.8.2017, see reg. 1

(1)

OJ No L 59. 27.2.1998, p.1.

(2)

OJ No L 188, 18.7.2009, p.1.

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