Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022

15 Statements of compliance

(1) Subsection (2) applies if an importer of a relevant connectable product—

(a) intends the product to be a UK consumer connectable product, or

(b) is aware, or ought to be aware, that the product will be a UK consumer connectable product.

(2) The importer may not make the product available in the United Kingdom unless it is accompanied by—

(a) a statement of compliance, or

(b) a summary of the statement of compliance prepared in accordance with section 9(2)(b).

(3) The importer must retain a copy of the statement of compliance, or the summary of the statement of compliance (as the case may be), for a period specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations require an importer of a relevant connectable product to make available the statement of compliance relating to the product, or the summary of the statement of compliance (as the case may be), in accordance with provision made by the regulations.

(5) In a case where regulations made under section 9(7) provide that a manufacturer of a relevant connectable product is to be treated as complying with section 9(2) if conditions specified in the regulations are met—

(a) an importer of the product who meets the condition in subsection (1)(a) or the condition in subsection (1)(b) of this section may not make the product available in the United Kingdom unless the importer is satisfied that the conditions specified in the regulations have been met, and

(b) subsections (2) and (3), and any regulations made under subsection (4), do not apply.

(6) Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.