{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electromagnetic-compatibility-regulations-2016/regulation-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electromagnetic-compatibility-regulations-2016/regulation-42.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1091",
  "legislation_title": "The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electromagnetic-compatibility-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/42",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "UK marking",
  "text": "(1) The UK marking must be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly—\n(a) to the apparatus;\n(b) to its data plate; or\n(c) where paragraph (1A) applies, to—\n(i) a label affixed to the apparatus or its data plate; or\n(ii) to a document accompanying the apparatus.\n(1A) For a period of seven years beginning with IP completion day, the UK marking may be affixed to—\n(a) a label affixed to the apparatus or its data plate; or\n(b) a document accompanying the apparatus.\n(2) Where paragraph (1A) does not apply and it is not possible or warranted, on account of the nature of the apparatus, to affix the UK marking in accordance with paragraph (1), the CE marking must be affixed to—\n(a) the packaging; and\n(b) the accompanying documents.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 42(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 20 para. 27(b) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 42(1A) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 20 para. 27(c) (as substituted) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 42(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 para. (i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 42(2) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 20 para. 27(d) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 42(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 20 para. 27(a) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in reg. 42 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 20 para. 27(a) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England, Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1091/regulation/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:15.552947+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}