UK Statutory Instrument 2017 United Kingdom

Radio Equipment Regulations 2017

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OPSS

What's here

54 compliance obligations, 3 practical guides across 2 topics

Penalty landscape

10 of 54 obligations carry imprisonment (3 months). 3 carry different penalties and 41 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 25
  • Any Person 7
  • Operator 4
  • Distributor 4
  • Licence Holder 2
  • Director or Officer 1

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.

Supporting — topic alignment

3 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)
Any Person also bound by 749 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Operators also bound by 125 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Distributors also bound by 33 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Licence Holders also bound by 50 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Directors and Officers also bound by 224 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

Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.designated standard

Designated standard

Part 2 — Obligations of economic operators

s.018

Monitoring

  • Monitor radio equipment risks and maintain a complaints register Manufacturer
s.026

Monitoring

  • Monitor the safety and compliance of imported radio equipment Manufacturer
s.033

Storage and transport

3 months imprisonment
  • Maintain safe storage and transport for radio equipment Distributor
s.requirement to offer common charger radio equipmen

Requirement to offer common charger radio equipment without a charging device

  • Offer radio equipment without a charging device and use correct pictograms Operator
Browse 8 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.power to amend r14(2)(b) and specify how informati

Power to amend R14(2)(b) and specify how information is to be presented

s.power to require registration of radio equipment

Power to require registration of radio equipment

s.provision of information on compliance of combinat

Provision of information on compliance of combinations of radio equipment and software

s.qualifying northern ireland goods

Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods

Part 3 — Conformity assessment

s.register of notified bodies established in the uni

Register of notified bodies established in the United Kingdom

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

UK(NI) indication

  • Affix the UK(NI) indication to radio equipment for Northern Ireland Manufacturer

Part 4 — Approval of conformity assessment bodies

No sections of this Part have been ingested yet.

Part 5 — Market surveillance and enforcement

s.056

Designation of enforcing authorities

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Ofcom, Local Authorities, and the Secretary of State must enforce radio rules Statutory regulator
s.058

Exercise of enforcement powers

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • OPSS must follow specific procedures when enforcing radio equipment rules Statutory regulator
s.061

EU safeguard procedure

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • OPSS must ensure faulty radio equipment is recalled or withdrawn in NI Statutory regulator
s.064

Restrictive measures

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • OPSS must follow specific procedures when taking restrictive enforcement action Statutory regulator
s.065

Offences

2 years imprisonment
  • Fail to comply with radio equipment regulations or recall notice Any Person
Browse 7 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 6 — Miscellaneous

Browse 9 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.transitional provision for common charger radio eq

Transitional provision for common charger radio equipment

s.transitional provision in relation to eu exit

Transitional provision in relation to EU Exit

Schedules

s.sch001a

Information in relation to charging capabilities and compatible charging devices

  • Provide charging capability information for radio equipment Manufacturer
s.sch001b

Label in relation to charging capabilities and compatible charging devices.

  • Label radio equipment with charging power and protocol details Operator
s.sch001c

Pictograms indicating whether a charging device is or is not included with the common charger radio equipment

  • Use correct pictograms for radio equipment charging status Manufacturer
Browse 1 other Schedule — 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.042

Declaration of conformity

3 months imprisonment
  • Prepare and provide a formal Declaration of Conformity for radio equipment Manufacturer
s.044

UK marking

  • Affix the UK marking to radio equipment Manufacturer
s.049

Monitoring

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must monitor approved bodies Crown / Minister / Government department
s.053

Register of approved bodies

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must maintain a public register of approved bodies Crown / Minister / Government department
s.066

Penalties

3 months imprisonment
  • Breach of radio equipment regulation 65 Any Person
Browse 19 other unclassified sections
s.power to specify additional essential requirements

Power to specify additional essential requirements

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Official guidance

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Enforcement and responsible bodies

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OPSS

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 …

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