{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-amendment-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-amendment-regulations-2007/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/400",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—\n(a) after the definition of “Directive 2003/32” insert—\n““Directive 2005/50” means Commission Directive 2005/50/EC of 11 August 2005 on the reclassification of hip, knee and shoulder joint replacements in the framework of Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices;”; and\n(b) after the definition of “harmonised standard” insert—\n““hip, knee or shoulder replacement” means an implantable component part of a total joint replacement system which is intended to provide a function similar to that of either a natural hip joint, a natural knee joint or a natural shoulder joint, other than ancillary components (screws, wedges, plates and instruments);”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L210, 12.8.2005, p.41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/400/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:04:55.578978+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."
}