UK Statutory Instrument SI 2012 United Kingdom

Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulations 2012

These Regulations set out the enforcement provisions including the sanctions that will apply to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th September 2011 on textile fibres and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC …

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Enforced by
Trading Standards
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 2 of 4 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 1 carries different penalties and 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person3

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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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.

s.005 Offence Regulated
  • Place on the UK market textile products that breach labelling and fibre composition rulesAny Person
s.006 Penalty for offences Prosecution
  • Breach textile labelling and fibre composition requirementsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.009 Offence due to fault of another person Regulated
  • Cause another person to breach textile labelling rulesAny Person
s.011 Duty to enforce Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Trading Standards must enforce textile labelling rulesLocal authority
16 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Revocation and transitional provision
s.003 Interpretation
s.004 Market surveillance of the
s.007 Time limit for prosecutions
s.008 Offences committed by bodies of persons
s.010 Due diligence defence
s.012 Power to make test purchases
s.013 Power of entry and investigation,
s.014 Notice
s.015 Power to enter premises with a warrant
s.016 Obstruction of authorised officers
s.017 Notice of test and intended proceedings
s.018 Compensation
s.019 Crown
s.020 Review

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

2 more guides that reference this instrument
Label and place textiles, clothing and footwear on the GB market Textiles, clothing and leather manufacturer: compliance checklist

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.