{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-1999/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-1999/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1957",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Affixing of mark of conformity",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the mark to be affixed by the manufacturer or his authorised representative within the Community in accordance with the relevant EC conformity-assessment procedure shall be affixed–\n(a) to each item of equipment to which it relates; or\n(b) to a data plate attached to the equipment, and shall satisfy the requirements of paragraph (3) below.\n(2) If it is not possible or warranted due to the nature of the item of equipment to affix the mark as required by paragraph (1) above, the mark shall be affixed to–\n(a) the packaging of the item of equipment;\n(b) a label on the item of equipment or its packaging; or\n(c) a leaflet distributed with the item of equipment.\n(3) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) above are that the mark shall be affixed to the item of equipment or data plate so as to be visible, legible and indelible throughout the anticipated life of the equipment.\n(4) The form of the mark to be affixed shall be that set out in Schedule 3.\n(5) The mark as affixed shall be followed by–\n(a) the identification symbol and number of the notified body which carried out, or had carried out, the EC conformity-assessment procedure if that body is involved in the production control phase; and\n(b) the last two digits of the year in which the mark was affixed.\n(6) Where the identification symbol and number of the notified body is to be affixed under paragraph (5)(a) above, it shall be affixed under the responsibility of the notified body either by that body itself or by the manufacturer or his authorised representative established in the Community.\n(7) No marks or inscriptions which are likely to mislead any person with regard to the meaning or the graphics of the mark shall be affixed.\n(8) The mark shall be affixed at the end of the production phase.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1957/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:54.681891+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."
}