PART 2 U.K.REGULATED NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

CHAPTER 3 U.K.OBLIGATIONS OF DISTRIBUTORS

Action to be taken by distributors where regulated non-automatic weighing instruments placed on the market by them are not in conformity with essential requirements U.K.

30.—(1) This regulation applies where a distributor considers, or has reason to believe, that a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument [F1 made available] on the market by that distributor is not in conformity with the requirements of these Regulations.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the distributor must immediately take the corrective measures necessary to bring the regulated non-automatic weighing instrument into conformity, or withdraw or recall it, if appropriate.

(3) Where the regulated non-automatic weighing instrument presents a risk, the distributor must immediately inform the competent authority to that effect, giving details, in particular, of the non-compliance of the instrument and of the corrective measures taken by that distributor.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 30(1) substituted (1.2.2019) by The Weights and Measures etc. (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/5), regs. 1, 7(2)