Application of Regulations
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations do not apply to any toy which was supplied for the first time in the Community before 1st January 1990 and which does not bear the EC mark.
(2) As from 1st February 1992 these Regulations do not apply to any toy which the supplier proves was supplied for the first time in the Community before 1st January 1990 and which does not bear the EC mark.
(3) Regulation 12 below does not apply in any case in which the person supplying the toy reasonably believes that it will not be used in the United Kingdom or any other member State of the Community.
(4) The Pencils and Graphic Instruments (Safety) Regulations 1974(1) and the Pencils and Graphic Instruments (Safety) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975(2) shall not apply to toys to which these Regulations apply.
S.I. 1974/226.