{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recreational-craft-regulations-2017/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recreational-craft-regulations-2017/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/737",
  "legislation_title": "The Recreational Craft Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recreational-craft-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Requirements that must be satisfied before an importer places a product on the market",
  "text": "(1) Before placing a product on the market an importer must ensure that—\n(a) a relevant conformity assessment procedure has been carried out by the manufacturer;\n(b) the manufacturer has drawn up the technical documentation;\n(c) the product—\n(i) bears the UK marking; and\n(ii) is accompanied by the required documents; and;\n(d) the manufacturer has complied with the requirements of regulations 13 (duty of manufacturers to ensure products are labelled) and 14 (duty to provide information).\n(2) In paragraph (1)(c)(ii) “required documents” means—\n(a) the ... declaration of conformity; and\n(b) the owner’s manual referred to in Schedule 1.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 19(1)(a) 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. 28 para. 11(a)(i) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 19(1)(c)(i) 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. 28 para. 11(a)(ii) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 19(2)(a) 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. 28 para. 11(b) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 19 in force at 3.8.2017, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/737/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:09:45.095348+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."
}