PART IIGeneral Medical Devices

Essential requirements for general medical devices

8.—(1) Subject to regulation 12, no person shall place on the market or put into service a relevant device unless that device meets those essential requirements set out in Annex I which apply to it.

(2) Subject to regulation 12, no person shall supply a relevant device—

(a)if that supply is also a placing on the market or putting into service of that device; or

(b)in circumstances where that device has been placed on the market or put into service,

unless that device meets those essential requirements set out in Annex I which apply to it.