UK Statutory Instrument 2011 United Kingdom

Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011

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At a glance

Enforced by

OPSS, Trading Standards

What's here

52 compliance obligations, 3 practical guides

Penalty landscape

12 of 52 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 40 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Manufacturer 27
  • Licence Holder 4
  • Distributor 4
  • Any Person 4
  • Operator 2

Plus 11 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Relevant guidance

Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.

Direct — cites this Act

2 guides

Supporting — topic alignment

1 guides

Other Acts binding the same actors

For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.

Manufacturers also bound by 82 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Licence Holders also bound by 50 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Distributors also bound by 33 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Any Person also bound by 749 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Operators also bound by 125 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1 — Preliminary

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s.annexes to eu legislation as schedules

Annexes to EU legislation as Schedules

s.designated standard

Designated standard

s.transitional provision in relation to eu exit

Transitional provision in relation to EU Exit

Part 2 — Prohibitions and Obligations on Economic Operators

s.012

Safety assessment

  • Conduct a comprehensive safety assessment for toys Manufacturer
s.023

Monitoring of toys

Unlimited fine
  • Monitor toy safety and maintain complaint registers Manufacturer
s.029

Monitoring of toys

  • Monitor toy safety and maintain a complaints register Manufacturer
s.register of uk notified bodies

Register of UK notified bodies

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must maintain a public register of toy safety notified bodies Crown / Minister / Government department
s.uk(ni) indication

UK(NI) indication

  • Affix the UK(NI) indication to toys for the Northern Ireland market Manufacturer
Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.further use of uk marking

Further use of UK marking

s.obligations which are met by complying with obliga

Obligations which are met by complying with obligations in the Directive

s.qualifying northern ireland goods

Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods

Part 2A — Powers and duties of the Secretary of State in relation to toys

s.duty of the secretary of state to evaluate use of

Duty of the Secretary of State to evaluate use of hazardous substances

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must evaluate and report on hazardous substances in toys Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.powers to amend appendix a to schedule 2

Powers to amend Appendix A to Schedule 2

s.power to amend appendix c to schedule 2

Power to amend Appendix C to Schedule 2

s.power to amend schedules 1, 2 and 5

Power to amend Schedules 1, 2 and 5

Part 3 — Approval of Conformity Assessment Bodies

s.040

Designation of UK notified bodies

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must designate UK notified bodies for toy safety Crown / Minister / Government department
s.monitoring

Monitoring

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must monitor approved toy safety bodies Crown / Minister / Government department
s.operational matters in relation to approved bodies

Operational matters in relation to approved bodies

  • Approved bodies must perform assessments within their scope Licence Holder
s.register of approved bodies

Register of approved bodies

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must maintain a public register of approved toy testers Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.approval of conformity assessment bodies

Approval of conformity assessment bodies

s.approved bodies

Approved bodies

s.presumption of conformity of approved bodies

Presumption of conformity of approved bodies

s.restriction, suspension or withdrawal of approval

Restriction, suspension or withdrawal of approval

s.subsidiaries and contractors

Subsidiaries and contractors

Part 4 — Functions of Approved Bodies

Part 5 — Enforcement

s.offence in respect of uk(ni) indication

Offence in respect of UK(NI) indication

Unlimited fine
  • Contravene Regulation 15A (UK/NI indication) Any Person
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 6 — Review

No sections of this Part have been ingested yet.

Schedules

Browse 2 other Schedules — structural / supplementary

Other sections — not classified into a Part

These sections exist in the Act but the contents-of-Parts walker did not place them under a Part. Likely amendments or sections inserted out of the original Part structure.

s.016

s.16

  • Create, maintain, and update the Declaration of Conformity for toys Manufacturer
s.058

Review

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must review the Toy Safety Regulations every five years Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 6 other unclassified sections
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Official guidance

Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.

Enforcement and responsible bodies

The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.

OPSS

Primary

Office for Product Safety and Standards

Product safety regulator responsible for ensuring consumer products are safe. Enforces product safety regulations, UKCA marking requirements, and works with market surveillance …

Trading Standards

Trading Standards (Local Authority)

Enforces consumer protection legislation including food labelling, weights and measures, product safety, and fair trading. Part of local authority structure. Investigates food …

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