The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
S.I. 2008/1597 · Made 19 June 2008 · Extends to United Kingdom
Health And Safety
Made 19th June 2008
Laid before Parliament 23rd June 2008
Coming into force 29th December 2009
M1M2The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to machinery, including component parts of machines, components or equipment to be attached to or used with machines, and sub-assemblies to be incorporated into or assembled with machines, and in relation to measures relating to lifts and the safety components for use in lifts.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, makes the following Regulations.C1
Annotations to the whole text
Marginal citations
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S.I. 2007/1679 (machinery etc) and S.I. 1996/1912 (lifts etc).
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Modifications
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Regulations modified (E.W.S.) (19.6.2021) by The Conformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) and Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/730), regs. 1, 4, Sch. 1 para. 2
Contents
- Part 1: Preliminary
- 1Citation, commencement and revocation
- 2Interpretation
- 2ADesignated standard
- 3Placing on the market and putting into service; supplies outside Great Britain and showing at trade fairs not covered
- Part 2: Application
- 4Products to which Regulations apply; definition of “machinery”
- 5Disapplication where more specific ... safety rules apply
- 6Partly completed machinery
- Part 3: General prohibitions and obligations
- 7Supply of machinery: general obligations and prohibition
- 8Supply of partly completed machinery: general obligations and prohibition
- 9Putting machinery into service Repealed
- Chapter: Conformity assessment procedures
- 10Machinery not referred to in Annex IV
- 11Annex IV machinery manufactured fully in accordance with designated standards and fully covered by such standards
- 12Annex IV machinery not manufactured fully in accordance with designated standards or not fully covered by such standards
- 12AObligations which are met by complying with obligations in the Directive
- 12BFurther use of UK marking
- 12CQualifying Northern Ireland Goods
- Part 4: CE Marking UK Marking
- 13UK -marked machinery to be taken to comply with Regulations
- 14Machinery covered by more than one enactment
- 15Protection of UK marking
- Part 5: Notified bodies Approved Bodies
- 16Designation and monitoring of UK notified bodies Repealed
- 16AApproved bodies
- 16BApproved body designation
- 16CMonitoring
- 17Duration, variation and termination of designations
- 18Functions of approved bodies
- 19Fees
- 19ARegister of approved bodies
- Part 6: Enforcement
- 20General duties and powers of enforcement authorities
- 21Non-compliance with UK marking requirements
- 22Offences and penalties
- 23Defence of due diligence
- 24Liability of persons other than the principal offender
- Part 7: Miscellaneous
- 25Amendment of the Lifts Regulations 1997
- 26Other amendments
- 27Consequential disapplication of domestic health and safety law
- 28Time-limited derogation for impact machinery
- 29Review
- 30Transitional provisions in relation to EU Exit
- 31Regulation 31
- Signature
- Schedule 1REGULATIONS REVOKED
- Schedule 2: ANNEXES TO THE DIRECTIVE
- Part 1: Annex I: Essential health and safety requirements relating to the design and construction of machinery
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- 1. ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
- 2. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF MACHINERY
- 3. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO OFFSET HAZARDS DUE TO THE MOBILITY OF MACHINERY
- 4. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO OFFSET HAZARDS DUE TO LIFTING OPERATIONS
- 5. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR MACHINERY INTENDED FOR UNDERGROUND WORK
- 6. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR MACHINERY PRESENTING PARTICULAR HAZARDS DUE TO THE LIFTING OF PERSONS
- 2Annex II: Declarations
- Part 3: Annex III: CE marking Annex III UK marking
- Paragraph
- 4Annex IV: Categories of machinery to which one of the procedures referred to in regulation 11 or 12 must be applied
- 5Annex V: Indicative list of safety components
- Part 6: Annex VI: Assembly instructions for partly completed machinery
- Paragraph
- Paragraph
- 7Annex VII: Technical files
- 8Annex VIII: Assessment of conformity with internal checks on the manufacture of machinery
- Part 9: Annex IX: EC type- Type- examination
- Paragraph
- Part 10: Annex X: Full quality assurance
- Paragraph
- 11Annex XI: Minimum criteria to be taken into account by Member States for the notification the Secretary of State for approval of bodies
- Schedule 3: PRODUCTS TO WHICH THE REGULATIONS DO NOT APPLY
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Schedule 4: APPEALS AGAINST NOTIFIED APPROVED BODY DECISIONS
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Paragraph 14
- 15Paragraph 15
- 16Paragraph 16
- 17Paragraph 17
- Schedule 5: ENFORCEMENT
- Part: General duties of enforcement authorities
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 3AParagraph 3A
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- Part: Powers of the Health and Safety Executive, the Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Office of Rail and Road as enforcement authorities
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- Part: Powers of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland as an enforcement authority
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- Part: Powers of other enforcement authorities
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Paragraph 13
- Part: Forfeiture: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
- 14Paragraph 14
- Part: Forfeiture: Scotland
- 15Paragraph 15
- Part: Duty of enforcement authority to inform Secretary of State of action taken
- 16Paragraph 16
- Part: Savings
- 17Paragraph 17
- 18Paragraph 18
- Schedule 6: AMENDMENTS TO THE LIFTS REGULATIONS 1997
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- Schedule 7: OTHER AMENDMENTS
- 1The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
- 2The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
- 3The Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 Repealed
- 4The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001
- 5The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2004
- 6The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Provision and Use of Work Equipment) Regulations 2006
- 7The Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007
- Explanatory note