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- reg. 60(4) words substituted by S.I. 2019/791 reg. 9(3)(d) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 9(3)(d) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2019/1385, reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8)
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- Pt. 8 inserted by S.I. 2019/791 reg. 10 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 10 omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 54)
- Pt. 9 inserted by S.I. 2019/791 reg. 11 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 11 omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 55)
- Sch. 3 inserted by 2021 c. 3 Sch. 3 para. 2
- Sch. 19 para. 5 words substituted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 12 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- Sch. 19 para. 5 words substituted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 12 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- Sch. 24 para. 1(7) heading words omitted by virtue of S.I. 2019/791, reg. 12 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 11(3)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- Sch. 24 para. 1(7) words omitted by virtue of S.I. 2019/791, reg. 12 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 11(3)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- reg. 4D(10)(b) substituted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 3(7) (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 para. 2(3) omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a)(ii))
- reg. 4E(7) words substituted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 3(7) (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 para. 2(3) omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a)(ii))
- reg. 6(d) inserted by S.I. 2019/791 reg. 4(2) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(2) omitted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 10)
- reg. 33(1)(c) inserted by S.I. 2019/791 reg. 6(2)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 6(2) omitted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 35)
- reg. 33(2)(c) inserted by S.I. 2019/791 reg. 6(2)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 6(2) omitted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 35)
- reg. 60A excluded by 2021 c. 3 Sch. 2 para. 4
- reg. 60A excluded by 2021 c. 3 Sch. 2 para. 5(2)
- reg. 60A-60C inserted by 2021 c. 3 Sch. 3 para. 1
- reg. 75(3) words inserted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 10 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 9(2)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- reg. 75(7) inserted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 10 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 9(2)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- reg. 93(4) inserted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 10 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 9(3) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- reg. 119(6) words inserted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 10 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 9(4) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- reg. 124(5) words substituted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 10 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 9(5) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- reg. 149(5)(e) words substituted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 11 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 10(2) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- reg. 158(1) substituted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 11 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 10(3)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
- reg. 158(3) inserted by S.I. 2019/791, reg. 11 (as amended) by S.I. 2019/1385 Sch. 2 para. 10(3)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 paras. 9-11 omitted (9.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c))
[F1Status of UK responsible person]E+W+S
60.—F2(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F3(3) A UK responsible person—
(a)may be proceeded against as a person placing the device on the market for the purposes of these regulations;
(b)in relation to the supply of the device to a person within the United Kingdom after it has been placed on the market, may be proceeded against as a person supplying the device after it has been placed on the market.]
(4) If a person claims or purports to act as [F4a UK responsible person], the Secretary of State may, for the purposes of enabling the Secretary of State to exercise his functions under these Regulations, require that person to furnish the Secretary of State with sufficient [F5evidence that he is [F6a UK responsible person]].
Extent Information
E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 60 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/791), regs. 1(1), 9(3)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Reg. 60(1)(2) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/791), regs. 1(1), 9(3)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 60(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/791), regs. 1(1), 9(3)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in reg. 60(4) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/791), regs. 1(1), 9(3)(d)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1385, reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8 and S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 60(4) substituted (21.3.2010) by The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2936), regs. 1(1), 17(b)
F6Words in reg. 60(4) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/791), regs. 1(1), 9(3)(d)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1385, reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8 and S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Designation etc. of authorised representativesN.I.
60.—(1) Where these Regulations place any obligationF7... on a manufacturer of a device or his authorised representative, and the manufacturer does not have a registered place of business [F8in a relevant state], no person shall—
(a)place that device on the market; or
(b)supply that device in circumstances where it has been placed on the market,
unless the manufacturer of the device has designated [F9a single authorised representative] to perform that obligation, but once the manufacturer has designated [F9a single authorised representative] to perform that obligation, that obligation shall be performed by the authorised representative (although in all other cases it shall be performed by the manufacturer).
(2) If the manufacturer of a registrable device does not have a registered place of business [F10in a relevant state], no person shall place that device on the market or supply that device in circumstances where it has been placed on the market unless its manufacturer has designated [F9a single authorised representative] as—
(a)the person responsible for marketing the device [F11in a relevant state]; and
(b)the person responsible for registering in respect of that device with—
(i)the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 19 or, as the case may be, 44, or
(ii)the competent authorities of another Member State or (where appropriate) a State which is a Party to an Association Agreement.
(3) Where a manufacturer of a registrable device, or of a relevant device that is not registrable, has designated [F9a single authorised representative] as the person responsible for marketing the device within [F12a relevant state], that authorised representative—
(a)may be proceeded against as a person placing the device on the market for the purposes of these Regulations;
(b)in relation to any supply of the device to a person within [F13Northern Ireland] after it has been placed on the market, may be proceeded against as a person supplying the device after it has been placed on the market, unless that supply is due to an act of another person established in [F14a relevant state].
(4) If a person claims or purports to act as an authorised representative of a manufacturer of a device, the Secretary of State may, for the purposes of enabling the Secretary of State to exercise his functions under these Regulations, require that person to furnish the Secretary of State with sufficient [F15evidence that he is the single authorised representative of the manufacturer].
Extent Information
E2This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only
Textual Amendments
F7Words in reg. 60(1) omitted (N.I.) (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1478), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 23(a)(i)
F8Words in reg. 60(1) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1478), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 23(a)(ii)
F9Words in reg. 60(1)(2)(3) substituted (21.3.2010) by The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2936), regs. 1(1), 17(a)
F10Words in reg. 60(2) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1478), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 23(b)(i)
F11Words in reg. 60(2) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1478), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 23(b)(ii)
F12Words in reg. 60(3) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1478), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 23(c)(i)
F13Words in reg. 60(3)(b) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1478), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 23(c)(ii)(aa)
F14Words in reg. 60(3)(b) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1478), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 23(c)(ii)(bb)
F15Words in reg. 60(4) substituted (21.3.2010) by The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2936), regs. 1(1), 17(b)
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