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Regulation 6

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (3) and regulations 7 to 10 below, equipment specified in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1734 which is placed on board either–

(a)

a new ship; or

(b)

an existing ship, unless it is placed on board the ship to replace equipment carried on the ship and the relevant international convention which requires that such equipment be carried makes different provision as to the standard of performance or assessment for such replacement equipment,

on or after 5th August 1999, shall comply with the applicable international standards as specified in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1734.

(2)

Equipment shall not be taken to comply with the applicable international standards referred to in paragraph (1) above unless–

(a)

it satisfies the testing standards of the relevant international convention, as specified in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1734; and

(b)

it has been manufactured in accordance with the EC conformity-assessment procedure as set out in regulation 11 below and the mark of conformity, identification and last two digits of the year in which the mark was affixed have been affixed pursuant to regulation 18 below.

(3)

Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above, equipment manufactured before 1st January 1999 in accordance with the procedures for type-approval in force in a member State before 20th December 1996 may be–

(a)

placed on the market, supplied for use or exposed or offered for supply within the UK; and

(b)

placed on board a ship the relevant safety certificate of which was issued by or on behalf of that member State in accordance with the relevant international convention,

before 1st January 2001.