Regulation 29 Duty not to make a product available on the market where a distributor suspects that it is not in conformityF3I1E1
England, Wales and Scotland
Where a distributor considers or has reason to believe that a product is not in conformity with the essential requirements, the distributor must not F1make the product available on the market.
Where a product presents a risk, the distributor must inform the manufacturer or importer, and the market surveillance authority F2... of that risk.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 29(1) substituted (26.12.2017) by The Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1206), regs. 1, 85(2)(b) (with regs. 3-5, 77); and corresponding amendment expressed to be made (21.4.2018) by The Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/389), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6 para. 11(3)(b) (with reg. 2)
- F2
Words in reg. 29(2) 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. 17 (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in reg. 29 heading substituted (26.12.2017) by The Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1206), regs. 1, 85(2)(a) (with regs. 3-5, 77); and corresponding amendment expressed to be made (21.4.2018) by The Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/389), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6 para. 11(3)(a) (with reg. 2)
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 29 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