Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations 1968
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78 Equivalents
(1) Where a provision of these Regulations requires a particular fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried in a ship or a particular provision to be made in a ship, the Authority may allow any other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried, or any other provision to be made, if it is satisfied that the other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, is at least as effective as that required by that provision of these Regulations.
(2) The reference in subregulation (1) to a fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision to be made in a ship shall not be read as including a reference to a fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision to be made in a ship, in respect of which the Authority may exercise the powers conferred by subsection 191A (2) of the Act.