The Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011

[F1 3.   The manufacturer must lodge an application for Type examination with a single approved body of the manufacturer's choice. E+W+S

The application must include:

• — the name and address of the manufacturer and, if the application is lodged by the authorised representative, the name and address of the authorised representative as well,

• — a written declaration that the same application has not been lodged with any other approved body,

• — the technical documentation. The technical documentation must make it possible to assess the product's conformity with the applicable requirements of these Regulations and must include an adequate analysis and assessment of the risk(s). The technical documentation must specify the applicable requirements and cover, as far as relevant for the assessment, the design, manufacture and operation of the product. The technical documentation must contain, wherever applicable, at least the following elements:

  • — a general description of the product,

  • — conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc.,

  • — descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of those drawings and schemes and the operation of the product,

  • — a list of the designated standards and/or other relevant technical specifications applied in full or in part, and descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the essential safety requirements where those designated standards have not been applied. In the event of partly applied designated standards, the technical documentation must specify the parts which have been applied,

  • — results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, etc., and

  • — test reports,

• — the specimens representative of the production envisaged. The approved body may request further specimens if needed for carrying out the test programme,

• — the supporting evidence for the adequacy of the technical design solution. This supporting evidence must mention any documents that have been used, in particular where the relevant designated standards and/or technical specifications have not been applied in full. The supporting evidence must include, where necessary, the results of tests carried out by the appropriate laboratory of the manufacturer, or by another testing laboratory on the manufacturer's behalf and under the manufacturer's responsibility.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Schs. 1-7 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. 43 (with Sch. 15 para. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 9(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)