The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendment to Part 1

2.—(1) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) in the following definitions for “member State” substitute “relevant state”—

(i) “accreditation certificate”;

(ii) “competent national authority”;

(iii) “registration number”;

(b) in the definition of “importer”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) for “EU” substitute “relevant market”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “third country on the EU” substitute “market outside of the relevant market on the relevant”;

(c) in the following definitions for “EU” substitute “relevant”—

(i) “make available on the market”;

(ii) “place on the market”;

(d) after the definition of “relevant economic operator” insert—

““relevant market” means—

(a)

the market in Northern Ireland; and

(b)

the market of the EEA states;

“relevant state” means—

(a)

Northern Ireland; or

(b)

any EEA state;”.

(2) In regulation 2(3) for “member State” substitute “relevant state”.

(3) In regulation 3(2(h)(i) for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Northern Ireland”.