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PART 2 U.K.Requirements for Equipment

Requirements for equipmentU.K.

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where under international instruments equipment must be approved by the flag state administration, that equipment must comply with applicable international standards when it is placed on board a ship.

(2) When equipment is placed on board a domestic passenger ship or a fishing vessel and that equipment is listed in Annex 1 or 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 [F1Amendment 3] it must comply with—

(a)applicable international standards;

(b)an alternative standard; or

(c)(where there is no requirement to place that equipment on board a ship but it is placed on board voluntarily) the standard specified by the Secretary of State.

(3) When equipment listed in Annex 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 [F2Amendment 3] is placed on board a ship it must comply with applicable UK standards.

[F3(4) Equipment listed in Annex 1 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 Amendment 3 must be taken to comply with applicable international standards where it is—

(a)approved by an approved body, accompanied by—

(i)a declaration of United Kingdom conformity under regulation 14; and

(ii)affixed with a conformity mark under regulation 15;

(b)approved by an EU notified body, accompanied by an EU declaration of conformity and affixed with an EU conformity mark; or

(c)approved by a recognised third country [F4other than the United States of America] and accompanied by such declarations and marks of conformity (if any) as the Secretary of State may specify.]

[F5(4A) Equipment listed in Annex 6 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 Amendment 3 must be taken to comply with applicable international standards where it is—

(a)approved by the United States Coast Guard;

(b)accompanied by a US declaration of conformity; and

(c)affixed with the United Kingdom conformity mark.

(4B) Paragraph (4A) does not apply to any equipment in respect of which approval has been suspended in accordance with Article 15 of the Agreement.]

(5) Equipment listed in [F6Annex 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 Amendment 3] must be taken to comply with applicable international standards or an alternative standard where it is accompanied by a certificate under regulation 18.

(6) In this regulation—

“alternative standard” means a standard specified as an alternative to an applicable international standard in any instrument listed [F7Annex 4 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 Amendment 3].

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[F8ExemptionsU.K.

6.—(1) The Secretary of State may allow equipment that does not comply with applicable international standards to be placed on board a ship, provided that the Secretary of State is satisfied, by whatever means, that—

(a)compliance with applicable international standards is either impracticable or unreasonable in that case or cases; and

(b)the exemption is subject to such conditions and limitations as will provide a level of safety which is at least equivalent to that provided by applicable international standards.

(2) The Secretary of State may, on reasonable notice, alter or cancel any exemption granted under paragraph (1).

(3) An exemption granted under paragraph (1) and an alteration or cancellation under paragraph (2) must be given in writing and must specify the date on which it takes effect and the terms (if any) on which it is given.]

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Exemptions for technical innovationU.K.

F97.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Exemptions for testing or evaluationU.K.

F108.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Exemptions in exceptional circumstancesU.K.

F119.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Transfer of a shipU.K.

10.—(1) Where a ship is transferred to the United Kingdom register, the Secretary of State must inspect any relevant equipment to ensure—

(a)its condition corresponds to the safety certificates for that equipment; and

(b)the equipment complies with applicable international standards or is equivalent to equipment that complies with those standards.

(2) Where, following inspection of equipment under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State is not satisfied that the equipment complies with the applicable international standards or is equivalent to equipment that complies with those standards, the Secretary of State must direct the owner in writing to replace the equipment.

(3) Where, following inspection under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State considers that the equipment does not comply with applicable international standards but is equivalent to equipment that complies with those standards, the Secretary of State must issue a certificate for that equipment, which must—

(a)confirm the Secretary of State's approval of the equipment;

(b)specify any restrictions or conditions on the use of the equipment; and

(c)be carried with the equipment.

(4) The Secretary of State may withdraw a certificate where a restriction or condition on the use of equipment is breached.

(5) In this regulation—

“relevant equipment” means any equipment—

(a)

to which regulation 5(1) would have applied at the time the equipment was placed on board the ship if that ship had been a United Kingdom ship at that time; and

(b)

that is specified in Annex 1 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 [F12Amendment 3].

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