# Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, Section 7: Relevant persons

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

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/46/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-act-2022/section-7
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