# The Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011, Regulation 17: Technical documentation and correspondence relating to Type examination

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The manufacturer must draw up technical documentation which contains all relevant information about the means used by the manufacturer to ensure that a toy will comply with the essential safety requirements during its foreseeable and normal period of use.
(2) The technical documentation must be drawn up in English.
(3) The technical documentation must include the information and documents listed in Schedule 4 (technical documentation).
(4) Any correspondence relating to the Type examination of a toy must be drawn up in English.
(5) The manufacturer must keep the technical documentation for a toy (including the ... declaration of conformity) for a period of 10 years after the day on which the toy was placed on the market.
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(10) If a manufacturer fails to comply with any of the manufacturer's obligations under paragraphs (1), (2) or (3), an enforcement authority may request the manufacturer to ensure that an approved body performs such tests as the approved body identifies, within such period as the approved body may specify, to verify that the toy will comply with the essential safety requirements during its foreseeable and normal period of use, and that the toy complies with any designated standard applicable to the toy.
(11) The manufacturer must comply with the request (at the manufacturer's own expense).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1881/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/toys-safety-regulations-2011/regulation-17
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