The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 696

SCHEDULE 22 E+W+S Amendment of the Lifts Regulations 2016

Amendment to regulation 82 E+W+S

37.  In regulation 82 (transitional provisions) at the end insert—

“(3) In paragraphs (4), (5) and (6)—

“pre-exit period” means the period beginning with the commencement date and ending immediately before [F1 IP completion day];

“product” means a lift or a safety component to lifts to which these Regulations apply.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), where a product was made available on the market during the pre-exit period, despite the amendments made by Schedule 22 to the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 M1 , any obligation to which a person was subject under these Regulations as they had effect immediately before [F2 IP completion day], continues to have effect as it did immediately before [F2 IP completion day], in relation to that product.

(5) Paragraph (4) does not apply to—

(a) any obligation of any enforcing authority to inform the European Commission or the member States of any matter; or

(b) any obligation to take action outside of the United Kingdom in respect of that product.

(6) Where during the pre-exit period—

(a) a product has not been placed on the market; and

(b) a manufacturer has taken any action under regulations 47 or 48 as they had effect immediately before [F3 IP completion day] in relation to that product,

that action has effect as if it had been done under regulations 47 or 48 as they have effect on and after [F3 IP completion day].”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 22 para. 37 substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/852), regs. 2(2), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(k)(vi)

F2 Words in Sch. 22 para. 37 substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/852), regs. 2(2), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(k)(vii)

F3 Words in Sch. 22 para. 37 substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/852), regs. 2(2), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(k)(viii)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 22 para. 37 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

M1 S.I. 2019/696.