38B.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), regulation 38A ceases to have effect at the end of the period of [F224 months] beginning with IP completion day.
(2) Notwithstanding the expiry of regulation 38A—
(a)any apparatus which was placed on the market pursuant to regulation 38A may continue to be made available on the market on or after the expiry of regulation 38A;
(b)any obligation to which a person was subject under regulation 38A in respect of apparatus placed on the market pursuant to regulation 38A continues to have effect after the expiry of regulation 38A, in respect of that apparatus.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 38A-38C inserted (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. 20 para. 24 (with Sch. 20 para. 33) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in reg. 38B(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (9.12.2021) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1273), regs. 1, 7, Sch. 1 para. (j)