Section 13: Duties to take action in relation to manufacturer's compliance failure

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 · 2022 c. 46View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Product security — CHAPTER 2: Duties of relevant persons, etc

This section applies if, at any time after a relevant connectable product is made available in the United Kingdom—

an authorised representative of a manufacturer of the product is informed that there is, or may be, a compliance failure in relation to the product, and
the authorised representative is aware, or ought to be aware, that the product is or will be a UK consumer connectable product.

The authorised representative must contact the manufacturer about the compliance failure (or potential compliance failure) as soon as possible.

The authorised representative must notify the enforcement authority of the compliance failure (or potential compliance failure) as soon as possible after the authorised representative has contacted (or attempted to contact) the manufacturer in accordance with subsection (2).

In this section "compliance failure" means a failure by a manufacturer of the product to comply with a relevant security requirement relating to the product.

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