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The Recreational Craft Regulations 2017

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2017-07-11
Last updated 2024-10-01
State In force
Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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[^key-61a2dc08151c111888998f5b0d75bc93]: Word in Sch. 1 Pt. B para. 4 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 43(3)(c)(i) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-a728676983048f3e051f3f933ae84c2f]: Word in Sch. 1 Pt. B para. 2.5 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 43(3)(b)(i) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b0e298ef2ec9039bc66abfa4cd71ab09]: Word in Sch. 1 Pt. B para. 2.5 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 43(3)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-9664a1f40d0dff4bd5adcf115f7dee06]: Word in Sch. 1 Pt. B para. 4 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 43(3)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-513585e7e0b685b366fe36d2bab0eac9]: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. A para. 2.1 substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1112), reg. 1(b), Sch. 15 para. 7(a)(i)

[^key-ab3664be424a4463387d6c6d41df0198]: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. B para. 4 substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1112), reg. 1(b), Sch. 15 para. 7(a)(ii)

[^key-80fb801c5ddc2e2e863c20368bfb46ff]: Words in Sch. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 44(a) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-9a89110630a73d15d588327152942fe2]: Words in Sch. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 44(b) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-9b8237882d52412fd123dab46a44a644]: Word in Sch. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 44(c)(i) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d25ad919c1b9ccac91f66d29c1c45ec8]: Words in Sch. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 44(c)(ii) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c6afe599da922fdd21f35a78d6136e01]: Word in Sch. 4 heading omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(a) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e7ca89cbecc63db22ca1976f6c4896c0]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(b) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-93c9b11dcaaf4ad311548bf4ab3a7b4d]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 5 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(c) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-cbd807771908e8609a77c5e4264ba108]: Word in Sch. 4 para. 6 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(d) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-96fc55de9d74fd395d53f1569b14caac]: Word in Sch. 4 para. 7 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(e) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ccee9ffae49760b2fcc99f090fcb34ad]: Word in Sch. 4 para. 9 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(f)(i) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-efc5207faeb5a572b9aa23e76d805498]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 9 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(f)(ii) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-425f60d0dc96a7b92367a26f63b913ad]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 9 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(f)(iii) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-4ac9200d31a893d67d4c0814c22a27a0]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 9 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(f)(iv) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1a03a0d1296dd7da25523f418b60def1]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 9 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 45(f)(v) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b6a99d730f8851c07282e0e919094a67]: Words in Sch. 5 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(2) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-947e2c2c4109909089391b5abc4e6e6a]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(3) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-0d8a104a28b2976b948115471050dc30]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 2 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(4)(a) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c792bf7572c874b067acd2ad48c3cb04]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 2 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(4)(b) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-fd2327e5c0436482f1ae32fae58ef232]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 2 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(4)(c) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-555020eda4efb8ce2cf4d4e297f8483e]: Word in Sch. 5 para. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(5)(a) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b4b3bd0d0e6bf02761569d34d82afe1d]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(5)(b) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-bf5e6199cbaa3a1c6d57720c09337df0]: Word in Sch. 5 para. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(5)(c) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-a3b41a734a15c66b585b29e894c182d0]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(5)(d) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-0b3f85ab5ac19349c569437133e7fb4e]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(5)(e) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-228604c379873ee04ac4dad9d5e6e1ab]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 4 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(6)(a) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-23a73d0b27d4e6c79749897ac4d17e1d]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 4.1 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(6)(b)(i) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-6eb89f85e9ebccb2cc3665a3b1cbe292]: Word in Sch. 5 para. 4.1 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(6)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-73f6e63686e4ddba4a2ccfea782fdf58]: Word in Sch. 5 para. 4.2 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(6)(c)(i) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-bb51f3ec3aa57ecb5bd0a1ab3b91282e]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 4.2 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(6)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-2c40ea4eebb01e0e502044661d708fc1]: Word in Sch. 5 para. 4.2 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(6)(c)(iii) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ba4ef3d289d6796563fae9396048447f]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 4.2 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(6)(c)(iv) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-47eca32497bf7ed83b76f584eebc6d9a]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 4.3 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(6)(d) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-106d8f1ed71c6ffe841816e63cc006ef]: Word in Sch. 5 para. 5 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 46(7) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b6140a464e11e58fb28d3ea7a8499d85]: Words in Sch. 5 para. 3 substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1112), reg. 1(b), Sch. 15 para. 7(b)

[^key-25651ab4eb823ab0d31f39b035f59b42]: Words in Sch. 6 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 47(a) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-817bc1fe46067ad2808aa2529e4e167d]: Words in Sch. 6 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 47(b) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c670ca29162a3af68fb8016b916e1aab]: Words in Sch. 6 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 47(c) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-cc210378bf2a105eb4c5216ef398c1bc]: Word in Sch. 7 para. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 48 (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1916a330f9613e82578c4a40216815ed]: Words in Sch. 8 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 49(a) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-dbc166e6c8af7af2ec6447c25128127c]: Words in Sch. 8 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 49(b) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-8ad9e89810961dcf0b6a8dcc8968efc7]: Words in Sch. 8 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 49(c) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-576c93e488bb02e18d22de677b7f7625]: Words in Sch. 8 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 49(d) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-2a747546dcebe85a78d2c9b268c2347c]: Words in Sch. 9 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 50(a) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c6bf2538e3d5c24fecef77f926265ca3]: Words in Sch. 9 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 50(b) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-6c6ec3196e054f64bd010999af9ab235]: Words in Sch. 9 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 50(c) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-86b2d2efd0f4937110bd05260215715f]: Words in reg. 21(2)(a)(ii) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1393), regs. 1(1), 4, Sch. 3

[^key-6e701baa69690ff2eb7f02d73fad8e10]: Words in reg. 54(1A) substituted (E.W.S) (31.12.2022) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1393), regs. 1(1), 3, Sch. 2

[^key-b42a973c5d7433bd3c137c2dc401a53a]: Sch. 11 para. 1 substituted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Treatment of Conformity Assessment Bodies (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/504), regs. 1(2), 14

[^key-cdcd90028da45315fea0f8dcc159414b]: Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/696), regs. 1(2), 19(2) (with reg. 23)

[^key-bc8e3826bae48d7746ea16a30eca1b26]: Words in reg. 40A(8) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/696), regs. 1(2), 19(3) (with reg. 23)

[^key-04926cd07559ea1ef6c3e120a7e40657]: Reg. 40C substituted (1.10.2024) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/696), regs. 1(2), 19(4) (with reg. 23)

[^key-1dffe8bd0ac37b9fea2d5f759d65a4ed]: Reg. 89A(4)-(8) omitted (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/696), regs. 1(2), 19(5) (with reg. 23)

Duty not to make a product available on the market where a distributor suspects that it is not in conformity

Designated standard

2A
  • (1) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), in these Regulations, a “designated standard” means a technical specification which is—
  • (a) adopted by a recognised standardisation body or an international standardising body, for repeated or continuous application, with which compliance is not compulsory; and
  • (b) designated by the Secretary of State by publishing the reference to the standard and maintaining that publication in a manner the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
  • (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a “technical specification” means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process, service or system and which lays down one or more of the following—
  • (a) the characteristics required of a product, including—
  • (i) levels of quality, performance, interoperability, environmental protection, health, safety or dimensions, and
  • (ii) the requirements applicable to the product as regards the name under which the product is sold, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking or labelling and conformity assessment procedures; and
  • (b) production methods and processes relating to the product, where these have an effect on the characteristics of the product.
  • (3) For the purposes of this regulation, a “recognised standardisation body” means any one of the following organisations—
  • (a) the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN);
  • (b) the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec);
  • (c) the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI);
  • (d) the British Standards Institution (BSI).
  • (3A) In this regulation “international standardising body” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, part of Annex 1A to the agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (as modified from time to time).
  • (4) When considering whether the manner of publication of a reference is appropriate in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), the Secretary of State must have regard to whether the publication will draw the standard to the attention of any person who may have an interest in the standard.
  • (5) Before publishing the reference to a technical specification adopted by the British Standards Institution, the Secretary of State must have regard to whether the technical specification is consistent with such technical specifications adopted by the other recognised standardisation bodies or by international standardising bodies as the Secretary of State considers to be relevant..
  • (6) The Secretary of State may remove from publication the reference to a standard which has been published in accordance with paragraph (1)(b).
  • (7) Where the Secretary of State removes the reference to a standard from publication, that standard is no longer a designated standard.
  • (8) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend paragraph (3) to reflect any changes in the name or structure of the recognised standardisation bodies.
  • (9) Regulations made under paragraph (8) are to be made by statutory instrument.
  • (10) A statutory instrument containing regulations made under paragraph (8) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Scope

Exclusions

Exhibition at trade fairs

Declaration of conformity and UK marking

Prohibition on improper use of UK marking

Obligations that are met by complying with obligations in the Directive

40A
  • (1) In this regulation—
  • (a) any reference to an Article or an Annex is a reference to an Article of or Annex to the Directive;
  • (b) “CE marking” has the meaning given in Article 3(28);
  • (c) “harmonised standard” has the meaning given in Article 3(20).
  • (2) For the purposes of this regulation, references to the requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I are to be read as if they include a requirement that the owner's manuals referred to in point 2.5 of Part A of Annex I and point 4 of Part B of that Annex must be in English (instead of in a language or languages which can be easily understood by consumers and other end-users, as determined by the member State concerned).
  • (3) Where a product meets the requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I—
  • (a) the requirements of regulation 6(a) and (b) are to be treated as being satisfied;
  • (b) regulation 2(2)(a) applies subject to the modification set out in paragraph (15)(c).
  • (4) Subject to paragraphs (8) and (9), paragraph (5) applies where, before placing a product on the market, the manufacturer—
  • (a) ensures that the product has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I;
  • (b) draws up the technical documentation in accordance with Article 25;
  • (c) carries out the conformity assessment procedure applicable to the product in accordance with Articles 19 to 22 and 24 or has it carried out;
  • (d) ensures that the technical documentation and any other records and correspondence relating to the conformity assessment procedures are prepared in or translated into English;
  • (e) affixes a CE marking to the product in accordance with Articles 16 to 18;
  • (f) draws up an EU declaration of conformity in accordance with Article 15; and
  • (g) ensures that the EU declaration of conformity is prepared in or translated into English.
  • (5) Where this paragraph applies—
  • (a) the requirements of regulations 8, 9 and 10(1), (2), (3) and (5) are to be treated as being satisfied;
  • (b) regulations 10(4), 11, 12(2), 39(3) and 40 apply subject to the modifications set out in paragraph (15);
  • (c) Part 3 (except for regulations 43(2) and (3) and 48) does not apply;
  • (d) regulation 71 does not apply.
  • (6) Subject to paragraphs (8) and (9), paragraph (7) applies where, before placing a product on the market, the importer ensures that—
  • (a) the conformity assessment procedure applicable to the product in accordance with Articles 19 to 22 and 24 has been carried out;
  • (b) the manufacturer has drawn up the technical documentation in accordance with Article 25; and
  • (c) the product bears the CE marking in accordance with Articles 16 to 18.
  • (7) Where this paragraph applies—
  • (a) the requirements of regulation 19(1)(a), (b) and (c)(i) are to be treated as being satisfied;
  • (b) regulations 18, 19(2), 20, 23 and 25 apply subject to the modifications set out in paragraph (15).
  • (8) This paragraph applies where there is no designated standard or part of a designated standard that corresponds exactly to a harmonised standard or part of a harmonised standard referred to in Article 20 or 22.
  • (9) Where paragraph (8) applies, paragraphs (4)(c) and (6)(a) of this regulation are to be read as requiring—
  • (a) in respect of products referred to in Article 20(1)(b)(i), one of the conformity assessment procedures (combination of procedures) referred to in the second indent of Article 20(1)(b)(i);
  • (b) in respect of exhaust emissions for products referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 2(1), one of the conformity assessment procedures (or combinations of procedures) referred to in Article 21(b);
  • (c) in respect of noise emissions for products referred to in Article 22(1)—
  • (i) the conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 22(1)(b); or
  • (ii) where applicable in accordance with Article 22(1)(c), one of the conformity assessment procedures referred to in Article 22(1)(c);
  • (d) in respect of noise emissions for products referred to in Article 22(2), the conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 22(2)(b).
  • (10) Paragraph (11) applies where, before making a product available on the market, the distributor ensures that the product bears the CE marking in accordance with Articles 16 to 18.
  • (11) Where this paragraph applies—
  • (a) the requirement of regulation 28(1)(a)(i) is to be treated as being satisfied;
  • (b) regulations 19(2) (which contains the definition of “required documents” for the purposes of regulation 28), 29 and 30 apply subject to the modifications set out in paragraph (15).
  • (12) Paragraph (13) applies where the private importer—
  • (a) ensures before putting a product into service that the product has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I; and
  • (b) ensures that the name and postal address of the notified body that carried out the conformity assessment procedure applicable to the product in accordance with Articles 19 to 22 and 24 is marked on the product.
  • (13) Where this paragraph applies, the requirements of regulation 36(1)(a) and 36(4) are to be treated as being satisfied.
  • (14) Where, before placing a product on the market or putting a product into service, a person applies the procedure referred to in Article 23 to the product, the requirements of regulation 43 are to be treated as being satisfied.
  • (15) The modifications referred to in paragraphs (3)(b), (5)(b), (7)(b) and (11)(b) are that—
  • (a) any reference to “declaration of conformity” is to be read as a reference to the EU declaration of conformity;
  • (b) any reference to “designated standard” is to be read as a reference to a harmonised standard;
  • (c) any reference to “essential requirements” is to be read as a reference to the requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I (as modified by paragraph (2));
  • (d) any reference to “UK marking” is to be read as a reference to the CE marking;
  • (e) any reference to “relevant conformity assessment procedure” is to be read as a reference to the conformity assessment procedures that apply to the product in accordance with Articles 19 to 22 and 24;
  • (f) any reference to “technical documentation” is a reference to the technical documentation referred to in Article 25.

Conformity assessment procedure obligation which is met by complying with the Directive

40B
  • (1) In this regulation any reference to an Article or an Annex is a reference to an Article of or Annex to the Directive.
  • (2) Paragraph (3) applies where—
  • (a) Articles 20 or 21 provide that the conformity assessment procedure referred to as Module B in those Articles may be carried out in relation to a product; and
  • (b) prior to the manufacture of a product, the manufacturer ensures that—
  • (i) the product has been designed in accordance with the essential requirements set out in Annex I to the Directive;
  • (ii) the conformity assessment procedure referred to as Module B in Articles 20 and 21 has been carried out in relation to that product, in accordance with those Articles and with Article 24(1).
  • (3) Where this paragraph applies—
  • (a) the requirement in regulation 42 to apply the conformity assessment procedure referred to in regulations 44 and 45 as Module B is to be treated as being satisfied in relation to that product;
  • (b) any reference to “relevant conformity assessment procedure” in regulations 9, 10(1), 19(1)(a), 36(4), 40(1)(b) and 53(b) is to be read as including the conformity assessment procedure referred to in Articles 20, 21 and 24 as Module B; and
  • (c) any reference to “technical documentation” in regulations 9(b), 11, 19(1)(b), 25(b) and 36(3) is to be read as including the technical documentation relating to the design of the product referred to in Article 25 of the Directive;
  • (d) the reference to “approved body” in regulation 36(4) is to be read as the body that undertook the conformity assessment procedure referred to as Module B in Articles 20 or 21.

Expiry of regulations 40A and 40B

40C
  • (1) In this regulation—
  • (a) unless otherwise specified, any reference to an Article or an Annex is a reference to an Article or an Annex of the Directive;
  • (b) “harmonised standard” has the meaning given in Article 3(20).
  • (2) For the purposes of this regulation, references to requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I are to be read as if they include a requirement that the owner’s manual referred to in point 2.5 of Part A of Annex I and point 4 of Part B of that Annex must be in English.
  • (3) Where a product meets the requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I—
  • (a) the requirements of regulation 6(a) and (b) are to be treated as being satisfied;
  • (b) regulation 2(2)(a) applies subject to the modification in paragraph (8).
  • (4) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), paragraph (5) applies where, before placing a product on the market, a manufacturer—
  • (a) ensures that the product has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the essential requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I;
  • (b) draws up the technical documentation in accordance with Article 25;
  • (c) carries out the conformity assessment procedure applicable to the product in accordance with Articles 19 to 22 and 24 or has it carried out; and
  • (d) ensures that the technical documentation and any other records or correspondence relating to the conformity assessment procedure are prepared in or translated into English.
  • (5) Where this paragraph applies—
  • (a) regulations 8 and 9 are to be treated as being satisfied;
  • (b) except for regulations 53 and 54(1) to (3), Part 3 does not apply;
  • (c) regulations 2(2)(a), 11, 12, 18, 20, 23, 25, 29, 30, 39, 40 and 71 apply subject to the modifications in paragraph (8);
  • (d) regulations 10, 19, 53, 54 and Schedule 4 apply subject to the modifications in paragraphs (8) and (9).
  • (6) This paragraph applies where there is no designated standard or part of a designated standard that corresponds exactly to a harmonised standard or part of a harmonised standard referred to in Articles 20 to 22.
  • (7) Where paragraph (6) applies, paragraph (4)(c) is to be read as requiring the manufacturer to carry out or have carried out—
  • (a) in respect of products referred to in Article 20(1)(b)(i), one of the conformity assessment procedures (or combination of procedures) referred to in the second indent of Article 20(1)(b)(i);
  • (b) in respect of exhaust emissions for products referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 2(1), one of the conformity assessment procedures (or combination of procedures) referred to in Article 21(b);
  • (c) in respect of noise emissions for products referred to in Article 22(1)—
  • (i) the conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 22(1)(b); or
  • (ii) where applicable in accordance with Article 22(1)(c), one of the conformity assessment procedures referred to in Article 22(1)(c);
  • (d) in respect of noise emissions for products referred to in Article 22(2), the conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 22(2)(b).
  • (8) The modifications referred to in paragraphs (3)(b) and (5)(c) and (d) are that—
  • (a) any reference to “essential requirements” is to be read as a reference to the essential requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I (as modified by paragraph (2));
  • (b) any reference to “designated standard” is to be read as a reference to a “harmonised standard”;
  • (c) any reference to “technical documentation” is to be read as a reference to the technical documentation referred to in Article 25.
  • (9) The modifications referred to in paragraph (5)(d) are that—
  • (a) in regulation 10(5) the references to “enactment” are to be read as including the Directive;
  • (b) in regulation 19(2)(b) the reference to “Schedule 1” is to be read as a reference to Annex I (as modified by paragraph (2)) (and the reference to regulation 19(2) in regulation 28 is to be construed accordingly);
  • (c) in regulation 53 the reference to regulations 44 to 47 is to be read as a reference to Articles 20 to 22;
  • (d) in regulation 54 the reference to Schedule 15 is to be read as a reference to Annex II to Decision No 768/2008/EC;
  • (e) in Schedule 4—
  • (i) the reference to “approved body” is to be read as a reference to the conformity assessment body that undertook the relevant conformity assessment procedure in accordance with Articles 19 to 22 and 24;
  • (ii) the reference to “relevant statutory requirements” is to be read as including a reference to the Directive.
  • (10) Paragraph (11) applies where before putting a product into service, the private importer ensures that—
  • (a) the product has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the essential requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I;
  • (b) either—
  • (i) the conformity assessment procedures applicable to the product in accordance with Articles 19 to 22 and 24 have been carried out; or
  • (ii) the procedure set out in Article 23 has been carried out in relation to the product;
  • (c) the technical documentation is drawn up in accordance with Article 25; and
  • (d) the name and address of the conformity assessment body that carried out the relevant conformity assessment procedures in accordance with Articles 19 to 22 and 24 is marked on the product.
  • (11) Where this paragraph applies—
  • (a) regulation 36(1)(a) and (4) is treated as being satisfied;
  • (b) regulation 43(1) is either—
  • (i) disapplied, where the private importer has ensured compliance with paragraph (10)(b)(i); or
  • (ii) treated as being satisfied, where the private importer has ensured compliance with paragraph (10)(b)(ii);
  • (c) except for regulations 53 and 54(1) to (3), Part 3 does not apply.
  • (12) Where, before placing a product referred to in regulation 43(2)(a) or (b) or (3) on the market or putting such product into service, a person applies the procedure referred to in Article 23 to the product, the requirements of regulation 43(2) and (3) are treated as being satisfied.

Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods

40D
  • (1) Where paragraph (2) applies a product is to be treated as being in conformity with Part 2.
  • (2) This paragraph applies where—
  • (a) a product—
  • (i) is in conformity with Part 2, as that Part applies in Northern Ireland; and
  • (ii) is qualifying Northern Ireland goods; and
  • (b) an importer has complied with the obligations set out in paragraph (3).
  • (3) The obligations referred to in paragraph (2)(b) are that, before placing the product on the market, the importer—
  • (a) complies with regulation 21;
  • (b) ensures that—
  • (i) the relevant conformity assessment procedure has been carried out in relation to the product;
  • (ii) the manufacturer has drawn up the technical documentation; and
  • (iii) the product bears the CE marking.
  • (4) In this regulation—
  • “CE marking” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(1), as it applies in Northern Ireland;
  • “qualifying Northern Ireland goods” has the meaning given to it in regulations made under section 8C(6) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018;
  • “relevant conformity assessment procedure” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(1), as it applies in Northern Ireland;
  • “technical documentation” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(1), as it applies in Northern Ireland.

Declaration of conformity

UK marking

UK(NI) indication

54A
  • (1) Where the CE marking is affixed on the basis of an assessment or a certificate issued by a notified body established in the United Kingdom, a UK(NI) indication must be affixed in relation to the product, in accordance with this regulation.
  • (2) The UK(NI) indication must be affixed—
  • (a) visibly, legibly and indelibly; and
  • (b) before a product is placed on the market in Northern Ireland.
  • (3) The UK(NI) indication must accompany the CE marking, wherever that is affixed in accordance with regulation 54.
  • (4) The UK(NI) indication must be affixed by—
  • (a) the manufacturer; or
  • (b) the manufacturer's authorised representative.
  • (5) When placing a product on the market in Northern Ireland, an importer must ensure that the manufacturer has complied with their obligations under this regulation.

Register of notified bodies established in the United Kingdom

54B
  • (1) The Secretary of State must ensure that—
  • (a) each notified body established in the United Kingdom is assigned an identification number; and
  • (b) there is a register of—
  • (i) notified bodies established in the United Kingdom;
  • (ii) their notified body identification number;
  • (iii) the activities for which they have been notified;
  • (iv) any restrictions on those activities.
  • (2) The Secretary of State must ensure that the register referred to in paragraph (1) is maintained and made publicly available.
  • (3) The Secretary of State may authorise the United Kingdom Accreditation Service to compile and maintain the register in accordance with paragraph (1)(b).

Approved bodies

Approval of conformity assessment bodies

Presumption of conformity of approved bodies

Monitoring of approved bodies

Restriction, suspension or withdrawal of approval

Notice of proposed restriction, suspension or withdrawal of approval

Operational requirements of approved bodies

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