The General Product Safety Regulations 2005

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and revocation

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application

    4. 4.These Regulations do not apply to a second-hand product supplied...

  3. PART 2 OBLIGATIONS OF PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

    1. 5.General safety requirement

    2. 6.Presumption of conformity

    3. 7.Other obligations of producers

    4. 8.Obligations of distributors

    5. 9.Obligations of producers and distributors

  4. PART 3 ENFORCEMENT

    1. 10.Enforcement

    2. 11.Suspension notices

    3. 12.Requirements to mark

    4. 13.Requirements to warn

    5. 14.Withdrawal notices

    6. 15.Recall notices

    7. 16.Supplementary provisions relating to safety notices

    8. 17.Appeals against safety notices

    9. 18.Forfeiture: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

    10. 19.Forfeiture: Scotland

    11. 20.Offences

    12. 21.Test purchases

    13. 22.Powers of entry and search etc.

    14. 23.Provisions supplemental to regulation 22 and search warrants etc.

    15. 24.Obstruction of officers

    16. 25.Appeals against detention of products and records

    17. 26.Compensation for seizure and detention

    18. 27.Recovery of expenses of enforcement

    19. 28.Power of Secretary of State to obtain information

    20. 29.Defence of due diligence

    21. 30.Defence in relation to antiques

    22. 31.Liability of person other than principal offender

  5. PART 4 MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 32.Reports

    2. 33.Duty to notify Secretary of State ...

    3. 34.Provisions supplemental to regulation 33

    4. 35.Implementation of Commission decisions

    5. 36.Market surveillance

    6. 37.Complaints procedures

    7. 38.Co-operation between enforcement authorities

    8. 39.Information

    9. 40.Service of documents

    10. 41.Extension of time for bringing summary proceedings

    11. 42.Civil proceedings

    12. 43.Privileged information

    13. 44.Evidence in proceedings for offence relating to regulation 9(1)

    14. 45.Transitional provisions

    15. 46.Amendments to the Consumer Protection Act 1987

    16. 47.Consequential amendments to other legislation

  6. Signature

  7. Explanatory Note