{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-amendment-regulations-2013/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-amendment-regulations-2013/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2327",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Consumer Protection\nMade 12th September 2013\nLaid before Parliament 19th September 2013\nComing into force 21st October 2013\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973 and section 11 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987.\nThe Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to medical devices.\nThe Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Treasury in accordance with section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted such organisations that appear to him to be representative of the interests substantially affected by these Regulations, such other persons as he considers appropriate and the Health and Safety Executive in accordance with section 11(5) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1973 c.51; section 56(1) was amended by S.I. 2011/1043."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1987 c.43; section 11 was amended by S.I. 2005/1803 and 2008/960."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/2289 for active implantable medical devices and S.I. 1993/2661 for all other devices."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2327/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}