The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of regulation 5 of the 2016 Regulations (requirements for equipment)U.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

4.—(1) Regulation 5 of the 2016 Regulations (requirements for equipment) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2) after “MSN 1874”, insert “ Amendment 3 ”.

(3) In paragraph (3), after “MSN 1874”, insert “ Amendment 3 ”.

(4) For paragraph (4) substitute—

(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 and accompanied by such declarations and marks of conformity (if any) as the Secretary of State may specify..

(5) In paragraph (5), for “Annex 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874” substitute “ Annex 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 Amendment 3 ”.

(6) In the definition of “alternative standard” in paragraph (6), for “in Annex 4” until the end, substitute “ Annex 4 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 Amendment 3 ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)