Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016: Great Britain

Publication Year

2025

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides guidance on the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 as they apply to equipment being supplied in or into Great Britain. Covers: legislative background; scope; obligations of manufacturers; obligations of authorised representatives; obligations of importers; obligations of distributors; conformity assessment and marking before placing equipment on the GB market; qualifying Northern Ireland Goods; enforcement and penalties.

Document History

Last updated: 25 March 2025 - Added link to information on making use of recognition of EU requirements to place products on the GB market. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electrical-equipment-safety-regulations-2016/electrical-equipment-safety-regulations-2016-great-britain and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: statutory guidance. First published: 30 August 2017.

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