{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/toys-safety-regulations-2011/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/toys-safety-regulations-2011/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1881",
  "legislation_title": "The Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/toys-safety-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1987 Act” means the Consumer Protection Act 1987;\n“the Directive” means Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18th June 2009 on the safety of toys;\n“the GPSR” means the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 ;\n“ approved body requirements ” has the meaning given to it in regulation 40A;\n“authorised representative” means a person who has been appointed in accordance with regulation 25(1);\n...\n“conformity assessment” means the process demonstrating whether specified requirements relating to a toy have been fulfilled;\n“conformity assessment activities” means activities relating to conformity assessment, including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;\n“ designated standard ” has the meaning given to it in regulation 3A;\n“distributor” means any person who—\n(a)is in the supply chain for a toy, other than the manufacturer or the importer; and\n(b)makes the toy available on the market;\n“economic operator” means a manufacturer, an authorised representative, an importer or a distributor;\n“enforcement authority” has the same meaning as in section 45(1) of the 1987 Act;\n“essential safety requirements” has the meaning given in regulation 5;\n“harm” means physical injury or any other damage to health, including long-term health effects;\n...\n“hazard” means a potential source of harm;\n“importer” means a person who—\n(a)is established in the United Kingdom and places a toy from a country outside of the United Kingdom on the market; or\n(b)is established in Northern Ireland and places a toy on the market that has been supplied to them for distribution, consumption or use in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge, from an EEA state;\n“intended for use by” means that a parent or supervisor shall reasonably be able to assume by virtue of the functions, dimensions and characteristics of a toy that it is intended for use by children of the stated age group;\n“make available on the market” means supply in the course of a commercial activity (whether in return for payment or free of charge) for distribution, consumption or use on the EU market, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“manufacturer” means a person who—\n(a)manufactures a toy or has a toy designed or manufactured; and\n(b)markets that toy under that person's name or trademark;\n“ Module ” means a Module set out in Schedule 6 and Module A, B or C is to be construed accordingly;\n“notified body designation” has the meaning given in regulation 40;\n“place on the market” means make a toy available on the EU market for the first time, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“recall” means take any measure aimed at achieving the return of a toy that has already been made available to the end user;\n“risk” means the probable rate of occurrence of a hazard causing harm and the degree of severity of the harm;\n“supply” includes offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply and possessing for supply;\n“toy” has the meaning given in regulation 4;\n“UK notified body” has the meaning given in regulation 40;\n“withdraw” means take any measure aimed at preventing a toy in the supply chain from being made available on the market.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (15.10.2022) by The Toys and Cosmetic Products (Restriction of Chemical Substances) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/659), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 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. 15 para. 4(b) (with Sch. 15 para. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2, 4(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 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. 15 para. 4(d) (with Sch. 15 para. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 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. 15 para. 4(e) (with Sch. 15 para. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 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. 15 para. 4(f) (with Sch. 15 para. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 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. 15 para. 4(g) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460)), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 9(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 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. 15 para. 4(i) (with Sch. 15 para. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/1803."
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/986",
      "affecting_title": "The Toys (Safety) (Permitted Uses for Cobalt) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1881/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:59:56.089052+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}