The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 1997

Equivalents and exemptions

15.—(1) Where these Regulations, or information referred to in these Regulations, require that a particular piece of equipment, or type thereof, shall be provided or carried in a ship, or that any particular provision shall be made, the Certifying Authority shall permit any other piece of equipment to be provided or carried, or any other provision to be made in that ship if he is satisfied by trials thereof or otherwise that such other piece of equipment or provision is at least as effective as that required by these Regulations, or information referred to in these Regulations.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, the results of verification and tests carried out by bodies or laboratories of other member States of the Organisation offering suitable and satisfactory guarantees of technical and professional competence and independence shall be accepted.

(3) The Secretary of State may exempt any ship from all or any of the provisions of these Regulations as may be specified in the exemption on such terms (if any) as he may specify and, depending on the circumstances, he may also alter or cancel such an exemption.