The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025

means a certificate issued by the United Kingdom national accreditation body, attesting that a conformity assessment body meets the approved body requirements;

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;

means the design, construction and performance requirements of the international conventions which equipment must satisfy as set out in Annex 1 or 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874;

means the requirements set out in Annex 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 for equipment which is not subject to applicable international standards;

means a conformity assessment body which has been designated under regulation 4(1);

means the requirements set out in Schedule 3;

means a person who— (a) immediately before IP completion day was established in an EEA state and appointed in accordance with article 13 of the EU Directive;

has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022.

has the meaning given in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1837(M) as amended;

means instructions in a form and language which the user easily understands.

means the 1972 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea;

means equipment that complies with applicable international standards.

means a certificate issued pursuant to regulation 10(2);

means the equipment assessment used to determine whether equipment listed in Annex 1 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 meets the requirements in regulation 5;

means any activities connected with conformity assessment, including but not limited to calibration, testing, certification and inspection;

means a body that performs conformity assessment activities;

means the modules referred to in Schedule 2;

means equipment to which regulation 5 applies, and which complies with the standards which apply to it under regulation 5, but which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State may—

means a person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes marine equipment available on the United Kingdom market;

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;

means a manufacturer, authorised representative, importer or distributor;

means the process of demonstrating whether marine equipment complies with the requirements set out in these Regulations;

means a vessel used to catch fish or other living resources of the sea with a registered length of 24 metres or more;

has the meaning given in section 308(4) of the Act;

means the International Maritime Organization;

means a person who— (a) is established in the United Kingdom;

means— (a) the testing standards;

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;

means the greater of the following distances— (a) the distance between the fore side of the stem and the axis of the rudder stock;

means any— (a) supply in the United Kingdom market of marine equipment to a United Kingdom ship;

means a person who— (a) manufactures marine equipment or has marine equipment designed or manufactured;

means equipment listed in Annexes 1, 2 or 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874;

means the measures set out in paragraph 6 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874.

means the 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships;

means a notice described as such and issued by the Secretary of State and any reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to a Merchant Shipping Notice amending or replacing that Notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time;

means the Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1874 as amended from time to time;

means a person designated as a nominated body under regulation 4(2);

means every person on a ship other than— (a) the master and the members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship;

means a ship which carries more than 12 passengers.

means an item of marine equipment;

means the phase of production during which the manufacturer ensures that each item of equipment complies with its United Kingdom conformity approval in accordance with Parts 2 (module D), 3 (module E), 4 (module F) or 5 (module G) of Schedule 2.

means a quality system approved under Part 2 or Part 3 of Schedule 2;

means any measure aimed at achieving the return of marine equipment that has been placed on board a United Kingdom ship or purchased with the intention of being placed on a United Kingdom ship;

means a country, other than the United Kingdom, whose requirements in relation to its national accreditation body, and whose conformity assessment procedures, the Secretary of State is satisfied, taking into account relevant international conventions, are equivalent to those of the United Kingdom;

means any equipment to which regulation 5(1) applies or to which regulation 5(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2016 would have applied at the time the equipment was placed on board the ship if that ship had been a United Kingdom ship at that time.

means a period of at least 10 years from the date that the United Kingdom conformity mark or the EU conformity mark was affixed to the marine equipment concerned and not less than the expected life of that equipment;

means 1974 the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea;

means the testing standards for marine equipment referred to in Annexes 1 and 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1874;

means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

means the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America on the Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Conformity for Marine Equipment dated 14th February 2019;

means approval by a nominated body under regulation 16;

means approval by an approved body under regulation 10;

means the part of a conformity assessment procedure in which an approved body examines the technical design of marine equipment and verifies and attests that the technical design of the marine equipment meets the applicable requirements of these Regulations.

means a certificate issued pursuant to paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 2;

means the mark affixed to equipment by the manufacturer in accordance with regulation 13;

means a statement issued by the manufacturer in accordance with regulation 12;

means the body appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 4 of GB RAMS.

means a ship which is— (a) a United Kingdom ship within the meaning of section 85(2) of the Act;

means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.