# The Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1994, Paragraph 5: Specific amendments


In regulation 2(2)—
(a) after the definition of “business” there shall be inserted the definition—
““CE marking” means a mark consisting of the symbol “CE” set out in the form shown in Schedule 2A hereto:
Provided that in respect of an item of machinery first supplied in the European Economic Area before 1st January 1997, a responsible person may, for the purposes of regulation 12(1)(d) below but without prejudice to the requirements as to proper affixation in regulation 25(1) below, elect to affix a mark in the form shown in Schedule 2 hereto, followed by the last two figures of the year in which it is affixed;”;
(b) the definition of “EC mark” shall be omitted;
(c) after the definition of “relevant machinery” there shall be inserted the definition—
“;“relevant safety component” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3(3) below;”;
(d) in the definition of the word “safe”—
(i) after the words “relevant machinery” in the first place where they occur there shall be inserted the words “or a relevant safety component” and in the second place where they occur there shall be inserted the words “or the relevant safety component”;
(ii) after the words “the machinery” there shall be inserted the words “or the safety component”; and
(iii) after the words “no risk (apart from one reduced to a minimum)” there shall be inserted the words “of its endangering the health of or”;
(e) after the definition of “safe” there shall be inserted the definition—
““safety component” means a component, provided that it is not interchangeable equipment, which is supplied separately to fulfil a safety function when in use and the failure or malfunctioning of which endangers the safety or health of exposed persons;”; and
(f) for the definition of “Schedule 4 machinery” there shall be substituted—
““Schedule 4 machinery” means—
(a) machinery which is specified in Annex IV of the Machinery Directive and listed under the heading of “A. Machinery” in Schedule 4 hereto; or
(b) safety components which are specified in Annex IV of the Machinery Directive and listed under the heading of “B. Safety Components” in Schedule 4 hereto;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2063/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-amendment-regulations-1994/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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