Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 864
Exiting The European Union
Consumer Protection
The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (EU Withdrawal and EEA EFTA Separation Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Made
13th August 2020
Laid before Parliament
17th August 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8B(1) and (2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (EU Withdrawal and EEA EFTA Separation Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and come into force on IP completion day.
Market surveillance
2. For the purposes of Article 43 of the withdrawal agreement( 2 ) and Article 41 of the EEA EFTA separation agreement( 3 ), the obligations of a market surveillance authority may be carried out by the Secretary of State.
Paul Scully
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
13th August 2020
2018 c. 16 (“the 2018 Act”). Section 8B was inserted by section 18 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) (“the 2020 Act”).
See section 1A(6) of the 2018 Act. Section 1A was inserted by section 1 of the 2020 Act.
See section 7B(6) of the 2018 Act. Section 7B was inserted by section 6 of the 2020 Act.