PART 2Application
Partly completed machinery6
1
Subject to paragraph (2), provisions of these Regulations which refer to “partly completed machinery” apply to drive systems and other assemblies which—
a
are almost machinery;
b
cannot in themselves perform a specific application; and
c
are only intended to be incorporated into or assembled with other machinery or other partly completed machinery or equipment, thereby forming machinery.
2
Paragraph (1) does not apply to assemblies of the kind described in paragraph (1) which—
a
are placed on the market before 29th December 2009; or
b
are only intended to be incorporated into or assembled with other products to form a product which falls within any of the categories of products specified in Schedule 3 as being products to which these Regulations do not apply.