Exemptions from regulations 22 and 24E+W+S
26.—(1) A relevant device being shown at a trade fair, exhibition, demonstration or similar gathering is not being placed on the market or put into service if a visible sign clearly indicates that the device or product cannot be marketed or put into service until it complies with the requirements of F1... these Regulations.
(2) Regulation 24 shall not apply to a custom-made device or a device intended for clinical investigation.
(3) Regulations 22 and 24 shall not apply where, following a duly justified request and in the interests of the protection of health, the Secretary of State has authorised, where appropriate for a specified period, the placing on the market or putting into service of a particular relevant device or relevant devices of a particular class or description without a [F2UK marking], where appropriate subject to conditions (which are complied with), and has not withdrawn that authorisation.
[F3(4) Regulations 22 and 24 do not apply where the Secretary of State directs that a relevant device, or a class of relevant devices, which meets other requirements or standards or which is marked other than with a UK marking which the Secretary of State determines is equivalent to the requirements and standards imposed by regulations 22 and 24, may be placed on the market.
(5) In paragraph (4), the Secretary of State, in determining whether a standard or requirement or marking (“the other standard”) is equivalent to a standard or requirement imposed by regulations 22 and 24, must be satisfied that the other standard imposes a degree of safety and quality equivalent to that imposed by those regulations.]
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
F1Words in reg. 26(1) 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), 5(5)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 paras. 2, 28); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in reg. 26(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), 5(5)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 paras. 2, 28); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 26(4)(5) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/791), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1478, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 paras. 2, 28); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Exemptions from regulations 22 and 24N.I.
26.—(1) A relevant device being shown at a trade fair, exhibition, demonstration or similar gathering is not being placed on the market or put into service if a visible sign clearly indicates that the device or product cannot be marketed or put into service until it complies with the requirements of Directive 90/385 or these Regulations.
(2) Regulation 24 shall not apply to a custom-made device or a device intended for clinical investigation.
(3) Regulations 22 and 24 shall not apply where, following a duly justified request and in the interests of the protection of health, the Secretary of State has authorised, where appropriate for a specified period, the placing on the market or putting into service of a particular relevant device or relevant devices of a particular class or description without a CE marking, where appropriate subject to conditions (which are complied with), and has not withdrawn that authorisation.
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