Section 2 Record keepingI1

England and Wales

(1)

The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that a person selling equipment of a kind falling within a description in section 1 (2) must record specified information in connection with the sale.

(2)

The information may include, for example—

(a)

a name, address or telephone number, or other contact details, of the buyer,

(b)

the make, model or colour of the equipment,

(c)

if the equipment is marked with a unique identifier of a kind specified in regulations under section 1 (1)—

(i)

details of that unique identifier, and

(ii)

the method or location of the marking, and

(d)

the date on which the contract of sale was entered into.

(3)

Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision about—

(a)

when the information must be recorded;

(b)

for how long the information must be kept;

(c)

the form in which the information must be kept (including, for example, in an online system of a particular kind).

(4)

Regulations under subsection (1) may not require a person selling equipment to record information if—

(a)

the sale is solely for the purposes of onward sale by the buyer, or

(b)

the equipment has previously been used for the purpose for which it was primarily designed or adapted.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 2 in force at 20.1.2024, see s. 5(2)