{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-of-navigation-regulations-2020/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-of-navigation-regulations-2020/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/673",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-of-navigation-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Equivalents",
  "text": "(1) Where the provisions of Chapter V referred to in regulation 5 (safety of navigation requirements) require that—\n(a) a particular fitting, material, appliance or apparatus be fitted on, or carried in, a ship;\n(b) any particular arrangement be made on, or in relation to, a ship; or\n(c) any particular provision be made in relation to a ship,\nthe Secretary of State may approve any other fitting, material, appliance, apparatus, arrangement or other provision if satisfied that it is at least as effective as that required by the provisions of Chapter V referred to in regulation 5.\n(2) The Secretary of State may approve an equivalent of a partial or conditional nature to a ship engaged on a voyage where—\n(a) the maximum distance of the ship from the shore;\n(b) the length and nature of the voyage;\n(c) the absence of general navigational hazards; and\n(d) other conditions affecting safety,\nmake, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, compliance with the provisions of Chapter V referred to in regulation 5 unreasonable or unnecessary taking into account the effect such an approval may have on the safety of other ships.\n(3) An approval given under paragraph (1) or (2) may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be continued, altered or cancelled.\n(4) Any approval given under paragraph (1) or (2), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (3), must—\n(a) be in writing;\n(b) specify the date on which it takes effect; and\n(c) specify the terms, if any, on which it is given.\n(5) The requirement that the approval referred to in paragraph (1) or (2), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation in paragraph (3), be in writing is satisfied where the text of the approval is—\n(a) transmitted by electronic means;\n(b) received in legible form; and\n(c) capable of being used for subsequent reference.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 31.7.2020, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/673/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:28:44.004070+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."
}