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Regulation 3 ApplicationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

These Regulations apply to footwear sold or offered for sale to consumers.

(2)

A non-exhaustive list of the products covered by these Regulations is at Schedule 1.

(3)

The following types of footwear are excluded from these Regulations—

(a)

second-hand, worn footwear,

(b)

protective footwear covered by F1Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC,

(c)

footwear covered by F2Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC, and

(d)

toy footwear.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 3(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Consumer Protection (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1326), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in reg. 3(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Consumer Protection (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1326), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 3 in force at 23.3.1996, see reg. 1