20. In the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005(1), in regulation 2(2) (designation of the competent authority for Northern Ireland and scope of the Regulations) for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) These Regulations apply without prejudice to—
(a)the Medical Devices Regulations 2002,
(b)Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC, and
(c)Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU.”.
Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2019/4 and S.I. 2021/905.