PART 2 U.K.Application

Disapplication where more specific F1 ... safety rules apply E+W+S

5.  These Regulations do not apply to a product if, or to the extent that, [F2 other enactments (as they apply in Great Britain)], which apply to it, make more specific provision than [F3 these Regulations] in connection with the hazards referred to in Annex I (Part 1 of Schedule 2).

Extent Information

E1 This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 5 heading omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 12 para. 5(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 22) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in reg. 5 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 12 para. 5(b) (with Sch. 12 para. 22) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 7(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in reg. 5 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 12 para. 5(c) (with Sch. 12 para. 22) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[F4 Disapplication where more specific safety obligations apply N.I.

5.— (1) These Regulations do not apply to a product if, or to the extent that, paragraph (2) applies.

(2) This paragraph applies where any NI Protocol obligation, other than any obligation in relation to the Directive, applies to the product and makes more specific provision than the Directive in connection with the hazards referred to in Annex I (Part 1 of Schedule 2).]

Extent Information

E2 This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

Textual Amendments

F4 Reg. 5 substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1112), reg. 1(b), Sch. 4 para. 3