The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016 No. 1152

PART 2 U.K. REGULATED NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

CHAPTER 1 U.K. OBLIGATIONS OF MANUFACTURERS AND PERSONS TO BE TREATED AS MANUFACTURERS

Manufacturers' responsibilities – design, conformity assessment and marking of regulated non-automatic weighing instruments E+W+S

6.— [F1 (1)] A manufacturer must not place on the market a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument unless the manufacturer has—

(a) designed and manufactured the instrument in accordance with the essential requirements;

(b) drawn up technical documentation in relation to the instrument;

(c) carried out (or procured the carrying out of) the relevant conformity assessment procedure which has demonstrated compliance of the instrument with the applicable requirements;

(d) drawn up [F2 a] declaration of conformity; and

(e) affixed to the instrument [F3 or where paragraph (2) applies, in respect of the UK marking, to a label affixed to a product or to a document accompanying the product] —

(i) the [F4 UK] marking; and

(ii) the M marking.

[F5 (2) For a period of [F6 seven years] beginning with IP completion day, the UK marking may be affixed to—

(a) a label affixed to the instrument; or

(b) to a document accompanying the instrument.]

Extent Information

E1 This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 6 renumbered as reg. 6(1) (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 26 para. 6(a) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 18(3))

F2 Word in reg. 6(1)(d) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 26 para. 6(b) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 18(3))

F3 Words in reg. 6(1)(e) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 26 para. 6(c)(i) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 18(3))

F4 Word in reg. 6(1)(e) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 26 para. 6(c)(ii) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 18(3))

F5 Reg. 6(2) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 26 para. 6(d) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460)), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 18(3))

F6 Words in reg. 6(2) substituted (E.W.S) (31.12.2022) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1393), regs. 1(1), 3, Sch. 2 para. (o)

Manufacturers' responsibilities – design, conformity assessment and marking of regulated non-automatic weighing instruments N.I.

6.  A manufacturer must not place on the market a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument unless the manufacturer has—

(a) designed and manufactured the instrument in accordance with the essential requirements;

(b) drawn up technical documentation in relation to the instrument;

(c) carried out (or procured the carrying out of) the relevant conformity assessment procedure which has demonstrated compliance of the instrument with the applicable requirements;

(d) drawn up an EU declaration of conformity; and

(e) affixed to the instrument—

(i) the CE marking; and

(ii) the M marking.

Extent Information

E2 This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only