Statutory Instruments
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
at 2.32 p.m. on 24th May 2021
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(3) and 51(1) of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
Citation, interpretation and extent
1. —(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 2021
2. 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 provision
3. —(1) For the purposes of section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987( 2 ), the Medical Devices Regulations 2002( 3 ) 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.
Bethell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
At 2.32 p.m. on 24th May 2021
2021 c.3 .
S.I. 2002/618 . These Regulations have been amended on a number of occasions, most recently by S.I. 2019/791 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1385 and S.I. 2020/1478 ) for the purposes of the Regulations as they apply in Great Britain and by S.I. 2020/1478 for the purposes of the Regulations as they apply in Northern Ireland.