{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recreational-craft-regulations-2017/schedule-15/part-3/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/737",
  "legislation_title": "The Recreational Craft Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recreational-craft-regulations-2017",
  "path": "schedule/15/part/3/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Changes",
  "text": "(1) The approved body must keep itself apprised of any changes in the generally acknowledged state of the art which indicate that the approved type may no longer comply with the essential requirements that apply to the product concerned and must determine whether such changes require further investigation. If so, the approved body must inform the manufacturer accordingly.\n(2) The manufacturer must inform the approved body that holds the technical documentation relating to the type examination certificate of all modifications to the approved type that may affect the conformity of the product with the essential requirements that apply to it or the conditions for validity of the certificate. Such modifications require additional approval in the form of an addition to the original type examination certificate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 54 (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/737/schedule/15/part/3/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:09:45.095348+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."
}