# The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 1999, Regulation 21: Sample checks on equipment


(1) Notwithstanding that equipment bears the mark of conformity, the Secretary of State may carry out, or have carried out, sample checks on such equipment placed on the market, supplied for use or exposed or offered for supply in the United Kingdom but not yet placed on board a ship to ensure that the equipment complies with the requirements of these Regulations.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), notwithstanding that equipment placed on board a UK ship bears the mark of conformity, the Secretary of State may, if the applicable international instruments require that operational performance tests be performed for safety or pollution prevention purposes, carry out, or have carried out, such tests.
(3) The Secretary of State shall not carry out or have carried out any test referred to in paragraph (2) above if such test duplicates the EC conformity-assessment procedure with which the equipment complies under the Directive.
(4) If the Secretary of State carried out or has carried out any test referred to in paragraph (2) above on an item of equipment he may require that the manufacturer, his authorised representative established within the Community or the person responsible for marketing the equipment within the Community provide an inspection or testing report on the equipment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1957/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-1999/regulation-21
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