# The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000, Regulation 7: Alternative construction, equipment and machinery

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Where these Regulations require that the hull or machinery of a ship shall be constructed in a particular manner, or that particular equipment shall be provided, or particular provision made, the Secretary of State may ... approve the hull or machinery of the ship to be constructed in any other manner or any other equipment to be provided or other provision made, if he is satisfied by trial thereof or otherwise that that other construction or equipment or provision is at least as effective as that required by these Regulations.
(2) For the purpose of these Regulations, the results of verifications and tests carried out by the bodies and laboratories of ... EEA States offering suitable and satisfactory guarantees of technical and provisional competence and independence shall be accepted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2687/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-ships-on-domestic-voyages-regulations-2000/regulation-7
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