The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998

5.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement, interpretation and application)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for the definition of “relevant standard of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom” substitute—

““relevant standard of an EEA State”, in relation to a reference to an International Standard or a British Standard, means—

(a)

a relevant standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of an EEA State;

(b)

a relevant international standard recognised for use in an EEA State; or

(c)

a relevant specification acknowledged for use as a standard by a public authority of an EEA State,

being a standard, code of practice or specification which provides, in use, levels of safety, suitability and fitness for purpose equivalent to those provided by the International Standard or the British Standard;; and”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3) In regulation 46 (alternative construction and equivalents) in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.