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—
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
that is specified in Annex 1 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 [F1Amendment 3].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 10(5) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/470), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 7(2) (with regs. 5, 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1000, regs. 1, 7(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)