The Recreational Craft (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations correct errors in the Recreational Craft Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1464) by way of :—

(a) further elucidation of the definition of “component” with the addition of a reference to installation in personal watercraft as well as recreational craft (regulation 2(a));

(b) the insertion, in regulation 10(7)(c), of a reference to Annex XV1 of Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L164, 30.6.94, p.15) as amended by Directive 2003/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, (OJ No. L214, 26.8.2003, p.18) and the consequential insertion of a reference to Schedule 15 (regulation 2(b));

(c) the correction of some references which should have been to Annex I (regulation 2(c)); and

(d) the removal of the reference to section 38 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 which was repealed by the Enterprise Act 2002 (regulation 2(d)).

These Regulations also make consequential amendments to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2004 (S.I.2004/693), by including the Recreational Craft Regulations 2004 amongst the subordinate legislation which has been specified for the purposes of Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002, relating to disclosure of information; and by maintaining the specification, for the purposes of Part 9 of that Act, of the Recreational Craft Regulations 1996 insofar as they have not been revoked by the Recreational Craft Regulations 2004 (regulation 3).

In view of the nature of these amendments, no further Regulatory Impact Assessment or Transposition Note has been prepared.