The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025
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5 Requirements for equipment
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where under international conventions equipment must be approved by the flag state administration, that equipment must comply with applicable international standards when it is placed on board a ship. (2) When equipment is placed on board a domestic passenger ship or a fishing vessel and that equipment is listed in Annex 1 or 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874, it must comply with— (a) applicable international standards; or (b) an alternative standard. (3) When equipment is placed on board a ship and that equipment is listed in Annex 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874, it must comply with applicable UK standards. (4) Equipment listed in Annex 1 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 must be taken to comply with applicable international standards where it is— (a) approved by an approved body and— (i) accompanied by a United Kingdom declaration of conformity; and (ii) affixed with a United Kingdom conformity mark; (b) approved by an EU notified body, accompanied by an EU declaration of conformity and affixed with an EU conformity mark and— (i) manufactured before 1 January 2023; and (ii) placed on board no later than the last placing on board date specified in Annex 1 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874; or (c) approved by a recognised country other than the United States of America and accompanied by such declarations and marks of conformity (if any) as the Secretary of State may specify. (5) Equipment listed in Annex 6 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 must be taken to comply with applicable international standards where it is— (a) approved by the United States Coast Guard; (b) accompanied by a US conformity assessment examination certificate; and (c) affixed with the United Kingdom conformity mark. (6) Paragraph (5) does not apply to any equipment in respect of which approval has been suspended in accordance with Article 15 of the Agreement. (7) Equipment listed in Annex 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 must be taken to comply with applicable international standards where it is accompanied by a certificate issued in accordance with regulation 16(2). (8) In this regulation— “alternative standard” means a standard specified as an alternative to an applicable international standard in any instrument listed in Annex 4 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874; “category C waters” has the meaning given in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1837(M) as amended; “domestic passenger ship” means a passenger ship which has been issued a certificate to embark on voyages in category C waters or seaward of those waters, but not for international voyages; “EU notified body” means a a body designated by the competent national authority of an EU Member State in accordance with the EU Directive; “fishing vessel” means a vessel used to catch fish or other living resources of the sea with a registered length of 24 metres or more; “international voyage” means a a voyage from a port in one country to a port in another country, either of the countries being a country to which SOLAS applies; “length” means the greater of the following distances— the distance between the fore side of the stem and the axis of the rudder stock; or 96 per cent of the distance between the fore side of the stem and the aft side of the stern, the points and measurements being taken respectively at and along the waterline at 85 per cent of the least moulded depth of the ship; in the case of a ship with a rake of keel, the waterline must be parallel to the designated waterline; “passenger ship” means a ship which carries more than 12 passengers.
5 Requirements for equipment
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where under international conventions equipment must be approved by the flag state administration, that equipment must comply with applicable international standards when it is placed on board a ship. (2) When equipment is placed on board a domestic passenger ship or a fishing vessel and that equipment is listed in Annex 1 or 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874, it must comply with— (a) applicable international standards; or (b) an alternative standard. (3) When equipment is placed on board a ship and that equipment is listed in Annex 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874, it must comply with applicable UK standards. (4) Equipment listed in Annex 1 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 must be taken to comply with applicable international standards where it is— (a) approved by an approved body and— (i) accompanied by a United Kingdom declaration of conformity; and (ii) affixed with a United Kingdom conformity mark; (b) approved by an EU notified body, accompanied by an EU declaration of conformity and affixed with an EU conformity mark and— (i) manufactured before 1 January 2023; and (ii) placed on board no later than the last placing on board date specified in Annex 1 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874; or (c) approved by a recognised country other than the United States of America and accompanied by such declarations and marks of conformity (if any) as the Secretary of State may specify. (5) Equipment listed in Annex 6 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 must be taken to comply with applicable international standards where it is— (a) approved by the United States Coast Guard; (b) accompanied by a US conformity assessment examination certificate; and (c) affixed with the United Kingdom conformity mark. (6) Paragraph (5) does not apply to any equipment in respect of which approval has been suspended in accordance with Article 15 of the Agreement. (7) Equipment listed in Annex 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 must be taken to comply with applicable international standards where it is accompanied by a certificate issued in accordance with regulation 16(2). (8) In this regulation— “alternative standard” means a standard specified as an alternative to an applicable international standard in any instrument listed in Annex 4 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874; “category C waters” has the meaning given in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1837(M) as amended; “domestic passenger ship” means a passenger ship which has been issued a certificate to embark on voyages in category C waters or seaward of those waters, but not for international voyages; “EU notified body” means a a body designated by the competent national authority of an EU Member State in accordance with the EU Directive; “fishing vessel” means a vessel used to catch fish or other living resources of the sea with a registered length of 24 metres or more; “international voyage” means a a voyage from a port in one country to a port in another country, either of the countries being a country to which SOLAS applies; “length” means the greater of the following distances— the distance between the fore side of the stem and the axis of the rudder stock; or 96 per cent of the distance between the fore side of the stem and the aft side of the stern, the points and measurements being taken respectively at and along the waterline at 85 per cent of the least moulded depth of the ship; in the case of a ship with a rake of keel, the waterline must be parallel to the designated waterline; “passenger ship” means a ship which carries more than 12 passengers.
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