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Regulation 14 Provision of information and cooperation

(1)

Following a request from the enforcing authority, and within such period as the authority may specify, a manufacturer must provide the authority with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate that a vessel is in conformity with Part 2.

(2)

A request referred to in paragraph (1)—

(a)

may only be made during the period of 10 years beginning on the day the vessel was placed on the market; and

(b)

must be accompanied by the reasons for making the request.

(3)

The information referred to in paragraph (1)–

(a)

may be provided electronically; and

(b)

must be in a language which can be easily understood by the enforcing authority.

(4)

A manufacturer must, at the request of the enforcing authority, cooperate with that authority on any action taken to—

(a)

evaluate a vessel in accordance with regulation 58 (evaluation of vessels presenting a risk); or

(b)

eliminate the risks posed by a vessel which the manufacturer has placed on the market.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

S.I. 1989/1327.

F2

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The enabling powers of section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51).

F3

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008.