PART 1Preliminary
Approvals8
1
Unless approved under the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 201612, equipment relating to fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction placed on board a United Kingdom ship and required by any provision of, or listed in—
a
regulation 1.2 or 1.6 of Part A of Chapter II-2;
b
Parts B, C, D, E and G of Chapter II-2;
c
Merchant Shipping Notice 1900 (M);
d
Merchant Shipping Notice 1901 (M);
e
Merchant Shipping Notice 1902 (M); or
f
the relevant Merchant Shipping Notices,
must be approved by the Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State.
2
Unless approved under the Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 201513, arrangements relating to fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction on board a United Kingdom ship and required by any provision of, or listed in—
a
regulation 1.2 or 1.6 of Part A of Chapter II-2;
b
Parts B, C, D, E and G of Chapter II-2;
c
Merchant Shipping Notice 1900 (M);
d
Merchant Shipping Notice 1901 (M);
e
Merchant Shipping Notice 1902 (M); or
f
the relevant Merchant Shipping Notices,
must be approved by the Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State.
3
The Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State, may give an approval in relation to a United Kingdom ship for anything in the instruments, or in the provisions of an instrument, referred to in paragraph (4) requiring to be—
a
approved by the Administration of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly;
b
done to the satisfaction of such Administration; or
c
acceptable to that Administration.
4
The provisions and instruments referred to in paragraph (3) are—
a
regulations 1.2 and 1.6 of Part A of Chapter II-2;
b
Parts B, C, D, E and G of Chapter II-2;
c
Merchant Shipping Notice 1901 (M);
d
Merchant Shipping Notice 1902 (M).
5
The Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State, may give an approval in relation to a United Kingdom ship for anything in the instruments referred to in paragraph (6) requiring to be—
a
approved by the Secretary of State;
b
done to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State; or
c
acceptable to the Secretary of State.
6
The instruments referred to in paragraph (5) are—
a
Merchant Shipping Notice 1900 (M);
b
the relevant Merchant Shipping Notices.
7
An approval given under paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (5) may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be continued, altered or cancelled.
8
Any approval given under paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (5), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (7), 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.
9
The requirement that the approval referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (5), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (7), be in writing is satisfied where the text of the approval, continuation, alteration or cancellation is—
a
transmitted by electronic means;
b
received in legible form; and
c
capable of being used for subsequent reference.