{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-2025/regulation-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348275520",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Additional obligations of a manufacturer",
  "text": "(1) A manufacturer must—\n(a) keep the technical documentation specified in Schedule 2 and the United Kingdom declaration of conformity for the relevant period; and\n(b) ensure that marine equipment made available on the market with the United Kingdom conformity mark has a valid conformity approval certificate.\n(2) A manufacturer must fulfil any obligation arising from a quality system approved under regulation 10(1) and must ensure that quality system is maintained.\n(3) A manufacturer must ensure—\n(a) its name;\n(b) a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing identification of its product;\n(c) its registered trade name or trade mark; and\n(d) the address at which it can be contacted,\nis on any marine equipment or, where that is not possible, on the packaging of that equipment or in a document accompanying that equipment or both, as appropriate.\n(4) A manufacturer must provide with any marine equipment—\n(a) clear instructions and all necessary information for that equipment to be installed and operated safely; and\n(b) any other documentation required by international conventions.\n(5) Where a manufacturer knows or has reason to believe that its equipment does not comply with applicable international standards, that manufacturer must—\n(a) take immediate corrective measures to ensure that the equipment complies with applicable international standards;\n(b) withdraw the equipment from the United Kingdom market; or\n(c) issue a recall of the equipment.\n(6) Where a manufacturer considers that its marine equipment presents a risk, that manufacturer must immediately inform the Secretary of State of the risk and provide details of any non-compliance with applicable international standards and any action taken in accordance with paragraph (5).\n(7) On request by the Secretary of State, a manufacturer must provide to the Secretary of State—\n(a) samples of equipment approved by an approved body at the manufacturer's own cost; or\n(b) access to such samples.\n(8) In this regulation “clear instructions” means instructions in a form and language which the user easily understands.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348275520/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:36.122638+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}