# The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 1999, Paragraph 5


In the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1996, in regulation 1(2) for the definition of “approved” there shall be substituted the following definition:
““approved”–
(a) in relation to any equipment or arrangement other than those mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) below, means approved by the Secretary of State or, in relation to any equipment or arrangement mentioned in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1734 or MSN 1735, by a Certifying Authority specified in that Notice in relation to such equipment or arrangement; or
(b) in relation to any equipment or arrangement to which the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 1999 apply, means manufactured and tested in accordance with the requirements of those Regulations;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1957/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-1999/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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