# The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025, Regulation 21: Restricting, suspending or withdrawing United Kingdom conformity approval


(1) Where an approved body knows or has reason to believe that equipment to which it has granted United Kingdom conformity approval no longer complies with applicable international standards, it must, by giving written notice to the manufacturer, require the manufacturer to take immediate corrective measures to ensure that the equipment complies with applicable international standards.
(2) Where an approved body knows or has reason to believe that—
(a) equipment to which it has granted United Kingdom conformity approval no longer complies with applicable international standards;
(b) a manufacturer has failed to take corrective measures required under paragraph (1); or
(c) a manufacturer has failed to comply with regulation 18(1) to (7),
it may, by giving notice to the manufacturer, restrict, suspend or withdraw United Kingdom conformity approval of equipment or a quality system.
(3) Before issuing a notice under paragraph (2), an approved body notify the manufacturer in writing of the intention to do so must give the manufacturer not less than 10 working days to make written representations.
(4) The requirement in paragraph (3) does not apply where the approved body has reason to believe that complying with this requirement may—
(a) compromise the health and safety of the ship's crew, passengers or other persons; or
(b) adversely affect the marine environment.
(5) A notice under paragraph (2) must—
(a) be in writing;
(b) specify the date on which it is to take effect; and
(c) specify the grounds for the decision.
(6) The approved body must send a copy of any notice given under paragraph (2) to the Secretary of State.
(7) In this regulation, “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
(8) References in this regulation to a manufacturer are to be read as references to an importer or a distributor where the importer or distributor—
(a) makes equipment available on the market under the importer or distributor's own name or trade mark; or
(b) modifies equipment already made available on the market in such a way that compliance with applicable international standards or applicable UK standards may be affected.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348275520/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-2025/regulation-21
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