The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements) Regulations 2020

Equivalents

7.—(1) Where Part B of Chapter III or Merchant Shipping Notice 1676 (Amendment 1) require that—

(a) a particular life-saving appliance or type of life-saving appliance (which may include any fitting, material or apparatus) be fitted on, or carried in, a ship;

(b) any particular life-saving arrangement be made on, or in relation to, a ship; or

(c) any particular provision be made in relation to a ship,

the Secretary of State may approve any other life-saving appliance, life-saving arrangement or other provision if satisfied that it is at least as effective as that required by Part B of Chapter III or Merchant Shipping Notice 1676 (Amendment 1), as the case may be.

(2) Before giving approval to a novel life-saving arrangement, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that such arrangement has—

(a) successfully undergone an engineering analysis in accordance with regulation 38.3 of Chapter III (elements of engineering analysis), in the case of ships engaged on international voyages to which Part B of Chapter III applies; or

(b) successfully complied with the engineering analysis required by Merchant Shipping Notice 1676 (Amendment 1), in the case of ships engaged on international voyages to which Part B of Chapter III does not apply, and in the case of ships engaged on non-international voyages.

(3) An approval given under paragraph (1) may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be continued, altered or cancelled.

(4) Any approval given under paragraph (1), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (3), must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) specify the date on which it takes effect; and

(c) specify the terms, if any, on which it is given.

(5) The requirement that the approval referred to in paragraph (1), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (3), be in writing is satisfied where the text of the approval is—

(a) transmitted by electronic means;

(b) received in legible form; and

(c) capable of being used for subsequent reference.