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Regulation 28 Making available on the marketI1E1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Before making a product available on the market, a distributor must verify that—

(a)

the product—

(i)

bears the F1UK marking;

(ii)

is accompanied by the required documents;

(iii)

is accompanied by the instructions and safety information in F2English; and

(b)

the manufacturer has complied with the requirements of—

(i)

regulation 13 (duty of manufacturers to ensure products are labelled); and

(ii)

regulation 14 (duty to provide information); and

(c)

the importer has complied with the requirements of regulation 21 (duty of importers to ensure products are labelled).

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation “required documents” has the same meaning as in regulation 19(2) (requirements that must be satisfied before an importer places a product on the market).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in reg. 28(1)(a)(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. 16(a) (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Word in reg. 28(1)(a)(iii) 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. 16(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)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 28 in force at 3.8.2017, see reg. 1

Extent

E1

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only