Regulation 39E Duty of the Secretary of State to evaluate use of hazardous substancesF1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Secretary of State must—

(a)

evaluate the occurrence of hazardous substances of materials in toys;

(b)

set out the conclusions of the evaluation in a report; and

(c)

publish the report.

(2)

During the evaluation the Secretary of State must consult—

(a)

any enforcement authority which is not the Secretary of State; and

(b)

any person that the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(3)

The first report must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning on IP completion day.

(4)

Subsequent reports are to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

Annotations

F1: Regs. 39A-39AB and Pt. 2A (regs. 39B-39E) 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. 27 (with Sch. 15 para. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2; and S.I. 2020/852, regs. 2(2), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(e)(vi); and S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 9(4)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)