# The Recreational Craft Regulations 1996 (revoked) S.I. 1996/1353 · made 20 May 1996 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text CONSUMER PROTECTION Made 20th May 1996 Laid before Parliament 22nd May 1996 Coming into force 16th June 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Excluded products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Products placed on the market before 16th June 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Exclusion until 15th June 1998 of products complying with national rules in force on 16th June 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Prohibition on placing on the market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Other markings and inscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Conformity assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Notified bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Appointment of notified bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Procedure where a notified body is minded to refuse to issue an EC type-examination certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Enforcement authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Enforcement powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Defence of due diligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Liability of persons other than the principal offender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Requirement to give information about a recreational craft or component which does not bear the CE marking or a partly completed recreational craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Commencement of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Regulations to be treated as safety regulations within the meaning of the 1987 Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 (Annex I of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 (Annex II of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 (Annex III of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 (Annex IV of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 (Annex V of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6 (Annex VI of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 (Annex VII of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8 (Annex VIII of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9 (Annex IX of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10 (Annex X of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11 (Annex XI of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12 (Annex XII of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 13 (Annex XIII of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 14 (Annex XV of the Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 15 ENFORCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1353 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/recreational-craft-regulations-1996-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.