2021 No. 610 (C. 22)

Medical Devices

The Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Savings Provision) Regulations 2021

Made

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(3) and 51(1) of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 20211, makes the following Regulations.

Citation, interpretation and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Savings Provision) Regulations 2021.

2

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021.

3

These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Provisions of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 coming into force on 26th May 20212

The 26th May 2021 is the day appointed for the following provisions of the Act to come into force—

a

Chapter 3 of Part 4 (enforcement) except for section 31 (civil sanctions),

b

sections 39 and 40 (disclosure of information and offences),

c

section 41(1) to (8) (consequential and supplementary provision).

Transitional and savings provision3

1

For the purposes of section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act 19872, the Medical Devices Regulations 20023 continue to be recognised as safety regulations as if subsections (1), (3), (4), (6) and (8) of section 41 of the Act had not been commenced in accordance with regulation 2(c).

2

Paragraph (1) ceases to have effect on the commencement of section 41(9) of the Act.

BethellParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of Health and Social Care
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations commence certain provisions of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 (‘the Act’) on 26th May 2021. Regulation 2 brings the whole of Chapter 3 of Part 4 of the Act (enforcement), apart from section 31 (civil sanctions), into force, along with sections 39 and 40 (disclosure of information) and subsections (1) to (8) of section 41. Regulation 3 preserves the application of the offence in section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 to medical devices until such time as subsection (9) of section 41 is brought into force along with Schedule 3 to the Act. Part 1 of Schedule 3 inserts a new offence into the Medical Devices Regulations 2002, which will replace the section 12 offence.