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Statutory Instruments
Consumer Protection
Weights And Measures
Made
25th February 2015
Laid before Parliament
5th March 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Clinical Thermometers (EEC Requirements) (Revocation) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.
2. The Clinical Thermometers (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1993(3) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State of Health.
George Freeman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of Health
25th February 2015
(This note is not part of the Regulation)
These Regulations revoke the Clinical Thermometers (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1993. The 1993 Regulations implemented Council Directive No.76/64/EEC(4), as amended, relating to mercury in glass thermometers. This Directive is no longer in force. Modern clinical thermometers do not use mercury and are covered by the provisions under the Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EC(5), which is given effect by the Medical Devices Regulations 2002(6).
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1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
OJ. No. L262, 27.9.1976, p.139, as amended.
OJ No. L169, 12.7.1993, p.1; amended by Directive 98/76/EC (OJ No. L 331, 7.12.1998, p.1), Directive 2000/70/EC (OJ No. L 313, 13.12.2000, p.22), Directive 2001/104/EU (OJ No. L 6, 10.1.2002, p.50) and Directive 2007/47/EC (OJ No. L 247, 21.9.2007, p.21).
S.I. 2002/618; amended by S.I.2003/1697, 2005/2759, 2011/1043, 2012/1426 and 2013/2327.
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