{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-act-2022/section-56",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/46",
  "legislation_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-act-2022",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Meaning of other expressions used in Part 1",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“authorised representative” has the meaning given by section 51(2);\n“business” includes—\n(a) any trade or profession;\n(b) the activities of a local or public authority;\n(c) the activities of a government department;\n(d) the activities of a charity;\n“compliance notice” has the meaning given by section 28(2);\n“consumer” means an individual acting for purposes that are wholly or mainly outside the individual’s business;\n“customer”, in relation to a product, means any person to whom the product is supplied, other than—\n(a) a relevant person acting in that capacity in relation to the product, or\n(b) an authorised representative of a manufacturer of the product in its capacity of acting on behalf of the manufacturer in relation to the product;\n“distributor” has the meaning given by section 7(5);\n“the enforcement authority” means—\n(a) the Secretary of State, or\n(b) any person authorised to exercise a function of the Secretary of State by regulations under section 27;\n“enforcement function” has the meaning given by section 27(5);\n“enforcement notice” means—\n(a) a compliance notice,\n(b) a stop notice, or\n(c) a recall notice;\n“excepted product” has the meaning given by section 6(1);\n“importer” has the meaning given by section 7(4);\n“internet-connectable product” has the meaning given by section 5(1);\n“manufacturer” has the meaning given by section 7(3);\n“network-connectable product” has the meaning given by section 5(3);\n“penalty notice” has the meaning given by section 36(2);\n“recall notice” has the meaning given by section 30(3);\n“relevant connectable product” has the meaning given by section 4;\n“relevant person” has the meaning given by section 7(2);\n“relevant security requirement”, in relation to a relevant person, means a security requirement applying to the relevant person;\n“security requirement” is to be read in accordance with section 1(1) and (2);\n“statement of compliance” has the meaning given by section 9(3);\n“stop notice” has the meaning given by section 29(2);\n“supply” is to be read in accordance with section 55;\n“UK consumer connectable product” has the meaning given by section 54.\n(2) In this Part any reference to making a product available in the United Kingdom is a reference to supplying, or offering to supply, the product to a person in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 56 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 79"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 56 in force at 29.4.2024 by S.I. 2023/469, reg. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/46/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:53:55.212760+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."
}