# Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, Section 17: Duty to investigate potential compliance failures of importer or manufacturer

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This section applies if, at any time after an importer of a relevant connectable product makes it available in the United Kingdom—
(a) the importer is informed that there is, or may be, a compliance failure in relation to the product, and
(b) the importer is aware, or ought to be aware, that the product is or will be a UK consumer connectable product.
(2) The importer must take all reasonable steps to investigate whether there is a compliance failure in relation to the product.
(3) In this section “compliance failure” means a failure by the importer, or by a manufacturer of the product, to comply with a relevant security requirement relating to the product.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/46/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-act-2022/section-17
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