Regulation 4 ExclusionsI1
United Kingdom
The design and construction requirements set out in Part A of Schedule 1 do not apply to the following watercraft—
watercraft intended solely for racing, including rowing racing boats and training boats, labelled as such by the manufacturer;
canoes and kayaks designed to be propelled solely by human power, gondolas and pedalos;
surfboards designed to be propelled by wind and to be operated by a person or persons standing;
other surfboards;
original historical watercraft and individual replicas thereof designed before 1950 built predominantly with the original materials and labelled as such by the manufacturer;
experimental watercraft, unless they are placed on the market;
watercraft built for own use, provided that such watercraft are not subsequently placed on the F1EU market for a period of five years beginning with the date on which the watercraft was put into service;
watercraft specifically intended to be crewed and to carry passengers for commercial purposes, except when they fall within regulation 3(2), regardless of the number of passengers;
submersibles;
air cushion vehicles;
hydrofoils;
external combustion steam powered watercraft, fuelled by coal, coke, wood, oil or gas;
amphibious vehicles, that is to say wheeled or track-laying motor vehicles, which are able to operate both on water and on solid land.
The exhaust emission requirements set out in Part B of Schedule 1 do not apply to the following—
propulsion engines installed or specifically intended for installation in the following products—
watercraft intended solely for racing and labelled as such by the manufacturer;
experimental watercraft, unless they are placed on the market;
watercraft specifically intended to be crewed and to carry passengers for commercial purposes, except when they fall within regulation 3(2) regardless of the number of passengers;
submersibles;
air cushion vehicles;
hydrofoils;
amphibious vehicles, that is to say wheeled or track-laying motor vehicles, which are able to operate on water and on solid land;
original historical propulsion engines and individual replicas thereof, which are based on a pre-1950 design, not produced in series and fitted on watercraft referred to in paragraph 4(1)(e) or paragraph 4(1)(h) above;
propulsion engines built for own use provided that such engines are not subsequently placed on the market for a period of five years beginning with the date on which the watercraft was put into service.
The noise emission requirements referred to in Part C of Schedule 1 do not apply to—
any watercraft referred to in paragraph (2); and
watercraft built for own use, provided that they are not placed on the market for a period of five years beginning with the date on which the watercraft was put into service.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in reg. 4(1)(g) omitted (E.W.S) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 4 (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2; S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 20(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement
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Reg. 4 in force at 3.8.2017, see reg. 1