PART 4

Medical devices
CHAPTER 3

Enforcement

Enforcement notices

Suspension notices
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1
This section applies where the enforcement authority considers that it may be necessary to restrict the availability of a medical device in order to protect health or safety.
2
The enforcement authority may serve on a person a notice (“a suspension notice”) prohibiting the person from doing the following except with the consent of the enforcement authority—
a
supplying the medical device;
b
offering to supply it;
c
agreeing to supply it;
d
exposing it for supply;
e
possessing it for supply.
3
A suspension notice must—
a
set out the enforcement authority’s grounds for considering that it may be necessary to restrict the availability of the medical device to which the notice relates, and
b
specify the period for which the notice has effect.
4
The period may not end more than 6 months after the day on which the suspension notice is served.
5
The enforcement authority may—
a
reduce the period for which a suspension notice has effect, or
b
revoke a suspension notice.