S.L. 234.40 Art. 1Citation and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Merchant Shipping

(Marine Equipment) Regulations.

(2) These regulations adopt the measures, in relation to Maltese ships, contained in Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC in its up-to-date version, hereinafter referred to in these regulations as "the Directive".