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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>A distributor of a relevant connectable product must comply with any relevant security requirements relating to the product if condition A or B is met.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>Condition A is that the distributor—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>intends the product to be a UK consumer connectable product, or</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>is aware, or ought to be aware, that the product will be a UK consumer connectable product.</Text>
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<Text>Condition B is that—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>the product is a UK consumer connectable product, and</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>at the time it was made available by the distributor, condition A was met in relation to the product.</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>For the meaning of “UK consumer connectable product”, see section 54.</Text>
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