The UK Office for Product Safety and Standards has updated a number of Statutory Guidance documents, which are all applicable to the marine industry for both Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The individual documents can be downloaded by following the links below. The list of guidance that has been updated and is now applicable and in force is as follows:
Recreational Craft Regulations 2017
Personal protective equipment (enforcement) regulations 2018
Equipment for explosive atmospheres regulations
Electromagnetic compatibility regulations 2016
Radio equipment regulations 2017
Supply of machinery (safety) regulations 2008
Gas appliances (enforcement) regulations 2018
Electrical equipment (safety) regulations 2016
The Statutory Guidance documents above are all relevant in some way to the marine industry, whether it is in regard to equipment placed on a watercraft such as radios, cookers burning gaseous fuels, equipment which is used in potentially explosive atmospheres, machinery equipment, equipment which will disturb the radio or telecommunication equipment, or other components covered under the regulations.