# The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025, Paragraph 4: Requirements to be met by Conformity Assessment Bodies in order to become Approved Bodies


(1) A conformity assessment body, its top level management and the personnel responsible for carrying out the conformity assessment activities must not be the designer, manufacturer, or an authorised representative of a manufacturer, supplier, installer, purchaser, owner, user or maintainer of the marine equipment which is assessed.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not preclude the use of products that are necessary for the operations of the conformity assessment body or the use of such products for personal purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348275520/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-2025/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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