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Section 7 Relevant personsI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

This section has effect for the purposes of this Part.

(2)

“Relevant person”, in relation to a relevant connectable product, means any of the following—

(a)

a manufacturer of the product (see subsection (3));

(b)

an importer of the product (see subsection (4));

(c)

a distributor of the product (see subsection (5)).

(3)

“Manufacturer” means any of the following—

(a)

any person who—

(i)

manufactures a product, or has a product designed or manufactured, and

(ii)

markets that product under that person’s name or trade mark;

(b)

any person (“P”) who markets a product manufactured by another person under P’s name or trade mark.

(4)

“Importer”, in relation to a product, means any person who—

(a)

imports the product from a country outside the United Kingdom into the United Kingdom, and

(b)

is not a manufacturer of the product.

(5)

“Distributor”, in relation to a product, means any person who—

(a)

makes the product available in the United Kingdom, and

(b)

is not a manufacturer or an importer of the product.

(6)

But a person is not to be regarded as a distributor of a product if—

(a)

the person makes the product available by performing a contract for the carrying out of works that consist of or include the installation of the product into a building or structure, and

(b)

products identical to the product are or have been made available to consumers in the United Kingdom otherwise than by the performance of such a contract.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 79

I2

S. 7 in force at 29.4.2024 by S.I. 2023/469, reg. 3