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Regulation 21 Non-compliance with UK marking requirementsF1E1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

For the purposes of this regulation, a product is deficient as regards UK marking—

(a)

if it is not subject to F2these Regulations, but the UK marking is affixed to it F3(or, where regulation 7(2A) applies, to a label affixed to it or a document accompanying it) pursuant to these Regulations; or

(b)

if it is machinery and—

(i)

the UK marking is not affixed to it (or, where regulation 7(2A) applies, to a label affixed to it or a document accompanying it);

(ii)

it is not accompanied by a copy of the F4... declaration of conformity; or

(iii)

the UK marking is affixed to it (or, where regulation 7(2A) applies, to a label affixed to it or a document accompanying it) but it does not conform to the relevant provisions of these Regulations; or

(iv)

a marking other than the UK marking, which is prohibited by regulation 15(2) or (3), is affixed to it (or, where regulation 7(2A) applies, to a label affixed to it or a document accompanying it).

(2)

Where an enforcement authority has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a product is deficient as regards UK marking, but does not have reasonable grounds for suspecting that it is not safe, the enforcement authority may take action under the following provisions as they are applied by Schedule 5—

(a)

in the case of the Health and Safety ExecutiveF5, the Office for Nuclear Regulation or F6the Office of Rail and Road, section 20 of the 1974 Act;

(b)

in the case of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland, Article 22 of the 1978 Order; and

(c)

in the case of any other enforcement authority, section 29 of the 1987 Act,

but no other action may be taken pursuant to Schedule 5 and no proceedings may be brought pursuant to regulation 22 in respect of that product until the enforcement authority has served on the responsible person a notice in writing in accordance with paragraph (3) and the responsible person has failed to comply with its requirements.

(3)

Where an enforcement authority has reasonable grounds for considering that a product is deficient as regards UK marking, it may serve a notice on the responsible person which—

(a)

identifies the product concerned;

(b)

states that the enforcement authority considers that it is deficient as regards UK marking and the reasons why the authority considers that this is the case;

(c)

requires the responsible person to take (or refrain from taking) specified action within a specified period to bring the deficiency to an end; and

(d)

warns the responsible person that if the deficiency continues beyond the period specified in the notice, further action may be taken under these Regulations.

(4)

In any proceedings under regulation 22 in respect of a person's alleged failure to comply with a notice under paragraph (3), an enforcement authority must show that the product concerned was deficient as regards UK marking at the time when the notice was served.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in reg. 21 heading 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. 12 para. 21(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 22) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in reg. 21(1)(a) 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. 12 para. 21(b) (with Sch. 12 para. 22) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in reg. 21(1) 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. 12 para. 21(aa) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 7(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Word in reg. 21(1)(b)(ii) 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. 12 para. 21(c) (with Sch. 12 para. 22) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5

Words in reg. 21(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 129(4) (with Sch. 4)

F6

Words in reg. 21(2)(a) substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(t)(ii)

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