Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 2909
CONSUMER PROTECTION
The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made
18th October 2005
Laid before Parliament
25th October 2005
Coming into force
22nd November 2005
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ) in relation to measures relating to medical devices( 2 ), in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2), and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(2) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987( 3 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 22nd November 2005.
Amendment of regulation 61 of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002
2. In regulation 61 of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (enforcement etc. )( 4 )—
(a) in paragraph (3), omit “for the purposes of Part II of the 1987 Act”; and
(b) after paragraph (7), insert the following paragraph—
“ (7A) In paragraph (3), “consumer goods” means any goods which are ordinarily intended for private use or consumption. ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Jane Kennedy
Minister of Health,
Department of Health
18th October 2005
The Secretary of State was designated in relation to measures relating to active implantable medical devices in S.I. 1991/2289 and in relation to measures relating to medical devices other than active implantable medical devices in S.I. 1993/2661 .
S.I. 2002/618 ; there are no relevant amending instruments.