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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-1999/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-1999/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Exception for testing or evaluation",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding regulation 6 above, the Secretary of State may allow equipment which does not comply with either the EC conformity-assessment procedures set out in regulation 11 below or regulation 7 above to be placed on board a ship to facilitate the testing or evaluation of such equipment if–\n(a) the Secretary of State issues a certificate in respect of the equipment which complies with the conditions specified in paragraph (2) below;\n(b) the permission in respect of the equipment is limited to a short period of time; and\n(c) the equipment is not relied on in place of equipment which satisfies the requirements of regulation 6 above or used to replace any such equipment.\n(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) above in respect of a certificate issued under that paragraph are:\n(a) it shall record the Secretary of State’s approval for the equipment to be placed on board;\n(b) it shall specify any restrictions or conditions on the use of the equipment; and\n(c) it shall be carried with the equipment at all times.\n(3) The Secretary of State shall only allow radiocommunications equipment to be placed on board a ship in the circumstances set out in paragraph (1) above if he is satisfied that such equipment does not unduly affect the requirements of the radio-frequency spectrum.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}