reg 16 Obligations of authorised representative
(1) The obligations laid down in regulation 4 (design and manufacture in accordance with essential safety requirements and sound engineering practice) and in of regulation 5(a) (technical documentation and conformity assessment for category A vessels) must not form part of an authorised representative's mandate. (2) The mandate must allow the authorised representative to do at least the following in relation to a vessel covered by the mandate— (a) perform the manufacturer's obligations under regulation 8 (retention by manufacturer of technical documentation and ... declaration of conformity); and (b) perform the manufacturer's obligations under regulation 14 (provision of information and cooperation). (3) An authorised representative must comply with all the duties imposed on the manufacturer in relation to each obligation under these Regulations that the representative is appointed by the mandate to perform and accordingly as far as those duties are concerned, as well as the penalties for failure to comply with those duties, a reference in these Regulations (except in regulation 15) to the manufacturer is to be taken as including a reference to the authorised representative.