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Regulation 11 CE marking and indication of the guaranteed sound power levelE1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The F1UK marking shall be accompanied by the indication of the guaranteed sound power level.

(2)

The UK marking and the indication of the guaranteed sound power level shall be affixed in a visible, legible and indelible form to each item of equipment F2or, where regulation 7(2B) applies, to a label affixed to the equipment or to a document accompanying the equipment.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4), where the equipment is subject to other F3enactments covering other aspects which provide for the affixing of the UK marking, the latter shall indicate that the equipment in question is also presumed to conform to the provisions of those other enactments.

(4)

Where one or more of the other enactments referred to in paragraph (3) allow the manufacturer, during a transitional period, to choose which arrangements to apply, the UK marking shall indicate conformity only with the enactments applied by the manufacturer, and in this case, particulars of the enactments applied F4... must be given in the documents, notices or instructions required by the enactments and accompanying the equipment.

(5)

The affixing of markings or inscriptions on equipment which are likely to be misleading as to the meaning or form of the UK marking or to the indication of the guaranteed sound power level is prohibited.

(6)

Any other marking may be affixed to equipment provided that the visibility and legibility of the UK marking and the indication of the guaranteed sound power level is not thereby reduced.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in reg. 11 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 5(a) (with Sch. 8 para. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in reg. 11(2) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 5(ba) (with Sch. 8 para. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 5(5)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Word in reg. 11 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 5(b) (with Sch. 8 para. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in reg. 11(4) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 5(c) (with Sch. 8 para. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

S.I. 2000/3238.

F2

1972 c. 68.