Article 3 Watercraft identification number
United Kingdom
A watercraft identification number (WIN) shall consist of the following elements in the following order:
the country code of the manufacturer indicating where the manufacturer is established;
a unique serial number assigned by the manufacturer for identification of the watercraft and used only once by that manufacturer; however the same combination of characters may be used also by another manufacturer with the distinctive element being the combination with the unique code of manufacturer and the country code of the manufacturer;
month and year of production;
model year which corresponds to the year when the specific watercraft is intended to be placed on the F3United Kingdom market.
The composition of the WIN shall comply with the second paragraph of F4paragraph 2.1 of Schedule 1 to the Recreational Craft Regulations 2017.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 3(1)(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 57(a)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 3(1)(b) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 57(a)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Art. 3(1)(e) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 57(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F4
Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 57(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)