Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025
The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 is an enabling Act that gives the Secretary of State powers to make secondary legislation on product safety, including new obligations for online marketplaces and fulfilment houses. It will replace the retained EU General Product Safety Regulation framework over time as secondary legislation is made.
What the Act does
The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 is an enabling Act. It does not set out detailed product safety rules itself. Instead, it gives the Secretary of State powers to create secondary legislation (regulations) that will update the UK's product safety framework.
The Act provides powers to replace the framework previously based on retained EU law, including the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 and sector-specific regulations, as secondary legislation is made — the GPSR 2005 remain in force in Great Britain in the meantime.
Key provisions
- Product regulations: Powers to set safety requirements for products placed on the UK market
- Online marketplace duties: New obligations for online marketplaces to ensure products sold through their platforms are safe
- Supply chain responsibilities: Duties for fulfilment houses and other supply chain actors
- Conformity assessment: Powers to update UKCA marking requirements and recognition of CE marking
- Product recalls: Strengthened recall and market surveillance powers
- Metrology: Powers to update weights and measures legislation
Online marketplace obligations
When secondary legislation is made, online marketplaces will be required to:
- Take reasonable steps to prevent unsafe products being listed
- Cooperate with enforcement authorities on product safety
- Remove listings for unsafe products when notified
- Provide information to consumers about product safety
- Maintain records of sellers using the platform
Fulfilment house duties
Fulfilment houses storing and distributing consumer products will have duties to:
- Verify product compliance documentation before storage
- Ensure products carry required conformity markings
- Cooperate with enforcement authorities
- Keep records enabling product traceability
UKCA and CE marking
The Act gives powers to:
- Update UKCA marking requirements for Great Britain
- Extend or modify recognition of CE marking in Great Britain
- Set conformity assessment procedures for different product categories
Until secondary legislation is made, current CE/UKCA marking rules continue to apply.
Current status
The Act received Royal Assent in 2025. Secondary legislation is pending — the detailed rules have not yet been made. Businesses should monitor announcements from the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) for updates on when specific regulations will come into force.
- Act type
- Enabling Act (framework powers for secondary legislation)
- Royal Assent
- 2025
- Enforcement body
- Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
- Secondary legislation status
- Pending - detailed rules not yet made
- Scope
- All products placed on the UK market, including those sold via online marketplaces
- Key change for retailers
- Online marketplaces gain new duties to prevent unsafe product listings
- Current marking rules
- Existing CE/UKCA marking requirements remain in force until secondary legislation is made
- Monitor for updates
- Check OPSS announcements for commencement dates of secondary legislation