Regulation 7 Manufacturers' responsibilities – design, conformity assessment and marking of regulated measuring instrumentsE1

England, Wales and Scotland

F1(1)

A manufacturer must not place on the market or put into use a regulated measuring instrument unless the manufacturer has—

(a)

designed and manufactured the instrument in accordance with the essential requirements;

(b)

drawn up technical documentation in relation to the instrument;

(c)

carried out (or procured the carrying out of) the relevant conformity assessment procedure which has demonstrated compliance of the instrument with the applicable requirements;

(d)

drawn up F2a declaration of conformity; and

(e)

affixed to the instrument F3or where paragraph (2) applies in respect of the UK marking, to a label affixed to a product or to a document accompanying the product—

(i)

the F4UK marking; and

(ii)

the M marking.

F5(2)

For a period of F6seven years beginning with IP completion day, the UK marking may be affixed to—

(a)

a label affixed to the instrument; or

(b)

to a document accompanying the instrument.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 7 renumbered as reg. 7(1) (E.W.S) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(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. 19(3))
F2: Word in reg. 7(1)(d) substituted (E.W.S) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(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. 19(3))
F3: Words in reg. 7(1)(e) inserted (E.W.S) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(c)(i) (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. 19(3))
F4: Word in reg. 7(1)(e) substituted (E.W.S) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(c)(ii) (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. 19(3))
F5: Reg. 7(2) inserted (E.W.S) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(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. 19(3))
F6: Words in reg. 7(2) 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. (p)

Extent

E1: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only