{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-regulations-2002/regulation-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-regulations-2002/regulation-38.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/618",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Devices Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "In vitro diagnostic medical devices not ready for use",
  "text": "Subject to regulation 39, no person shall—\n(a) put into service a relevant device;\n(b) supply a relevant device—\n(i) if that supply is also a putting into service of that device, or\n(ii) in circumstances where that device has been placed on the market or put into service,\nwhich is not ready for use.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/618/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:11:50.089580+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."
}