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Amendment to Schedule 2 Part 1 Annex 1E+W+S

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23.—(1) Schedule 2 Part 1 Annex 1 (essential health and safety requirements relating to the design and construction of machinery) is amended as follows.

(2) In point 1 (general Principles) in the fourth indent omit “in accordance with the objective of the Directive”.

(3) In section 1.5.1 (electricity Supply)—

(a)for “Directive 2006/95/EC” substitute “ Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 ”M1 ;

(b)for “the Directive” substitute “ these Regulations ”.

(4) In section 1.5.7 (explosion) “EU directives” substitute “enactments”.

(5) In section 1.7.1 (information and warnings on machinery) for the paragraph under the heading substitute—

Information and warnings on the machinery should preferably be provided in the form of readily understandable symbols or pictograms. Any written or verbal information and warnings must be expressed in English and may be accompanied on request by versions in any other language or languages understood by the operators..

(6) In section 1.7.1.2 (warning devices) for “EU Directives” substitute “ enactments ”.

(7) In section 1.7.3 (marking of machinery) in both places in which it occurs for “CE” substitute “ UK ”.

(8) In section 1.7.4 (instructions)—

(a)in the first paragraph, for “the official Community language or languages of the EEA state in which it is placed on the market and/or put into service” substitute “ English ”;

(b)in the third paragraph omit “official Community”.

(9) In section 1.7.4.1 (general principles for the drafting of instructions)—

(a)at subsection (a) for “one or more official Community languages” substitute “ English ”;

(b)at subsection (b)—

(i)for “the official language(s) of the country where the machinery is to be used” substitute “ English ”;

(ii)omit “into that/those language(s)”;

(iii)for “language area in question” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.

(10) In section 1.7.4.2 (contents of the instructions)—

(a)in subsection (c) in both places in which it occurs omit “EC”;

(b)in subsection (u)—

(i)for “harmonised” substitute “ designated ”;

(ii)in both places in which it occurs for “EU directives” substitute “ enactments ”.

(11) In section 2.1.1 (general) in subsection (a) for “Directives” substitute “ enactments ”.

(12) In section 2.2.1.1 (instructions), in both places in which it occurs, for “harmonised” substitute “ designated ”.

(13) For section 2.4.10(i) substitute—

(i)an indication that the machinery may be subject to requirements for regular inspection by designated bodies, as provided for in the Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 .M2

(14) In section 3.6.3.1 (vibrations) for “harmonised” substitute “ designated ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 12 para. 23 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 2016/1011, amended by S.I.2017/1206, S.I. 2018/966.

M2S.I. 2012/1657, amended by S.I. 2016/765, S.I. 2018/942.

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