UK Statutory Instrument SI 1991 United Kingdom Repealed

The Construction Products Regulations 1991

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Enforced by
HSE
Status
Repealed
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 4 of 21 obligations carry imprisonment (3 months). 5 carry different penalties and 12 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person10 Manufacturer3 Director or Officer1

Plus 7 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts
Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 126 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Schedules

Schedules

3 of 4 shown
s.sch002 ANNEX I OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 21st DECEMBER 1988 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Ensure construction products meet essential safety and performance requirementsManufacturer
s.sch003 ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY WITH RELEVANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Certify construction product conformity before sale or useManufacturer
s.sch004 PROHIBITION NOTICES AND NOTICES TO WARN (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must follow specific procedures for prohibition noticesCrown / Minister / Government department
1 other schedule
s.sch001 FORM OF EC MARK TO BE PLACED ON OR TO ACCOMPANY PRODUCTS (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Requirement to be satisfied by products Imprisonment
  • Ensure construction products meet safety and performance standardsManufacturer
s.005 EC mark and other information on or accompanying products Imprisonment
  • Improper use of the EC mark on construction productsAny Person
s.006 Requirement to keep available and give information about products which bear the EC mark Regulated
  • Keep and produce EC certificates for construction productsAny Person
s.007 Requirement to give information about products which do not bear the EC mark Regulated
  • Provide information to authorities about products without an EC markAny Person
s.009 Prohibition notices and notices to warn Imprisonment
  • Breach of a prohibition notice or notice to warnAny Person
s.010 Suspension notices Imprisonment
  • Breach of a construction product suspension noticeAny Person
s.011 Appeals against suspension notices Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Courts must set aside a suspension notice if products are compliantTribunal / Court
s.012 Forfeiture: England and Wales and Northern Ireland Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Magistrates' Court may order forfeiture of non-compliant construction productsTribunal / Court
s.013 Forfeiture: Scotland Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Sheriff may order forfeiture of non-compliant construction products (Scotland)Tribunal / Court
s.014 Power to obtain information Prosecution
  • Fail to provide information or providing false records to the Secretary of StateAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.015 Enforcement Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must enforce construction product safety rulesLocal authority
s.018 Provisions supplemental to regulation 17 Prosecution
  • Impersonate an enforcement officerAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.020 Obstruction of authorised officer Prosecution
  • Obstructing or providing false information to an enforcement officerAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.022 Compensation for seizure and detention Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Enforcement authority must pay compensation for wrongful seizure of productsStatutory regulator
s.025 Restrictions on the disclosure of information Imprisonment
  • Unlawfully disclose confidential business informationAny Person
s.027 Liability of persons other than principal offender Imprisonment
  • Personal liability for company directors and third partiesDirector or Officer
s.030 Duties of enforcement authorities Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must notify the Secretary of State of enforcement actionsLocal authority
s.032 Rules of public and certain private bodies Regulated
  • Public and monopoly bodies must not impede use of compliant productsAny Person
15 other provisions
s.001 Citation, commencement and application
s.002 Interpretation
s.004 Products bearing the EC mark
s.008 Prohibition on supply
s.016 Test purchases
s.017 Powers of search, etc.
s.019 Power of customs officer to detain products
s.021 Appeals against detention of products
s.023 Recovery of expenses of enforcement
s.024 Power of Commissioners of Customs and Excise to disclose information
s.026 Defence of due diligence
s.028 Service of documents etc.
s.029 Savings for certain privileges
s.031 Commencement of proceedings
s.033 Health and safety at work

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