PART 5 U.K.Market surveillance and enforcement

Designation of market surveillance authorityU.K.

54.—(1) In Great Britain, the market surveillance authority is—

(a)within its area, the weights and measures authority in relation to vessels for private use or consumption; and

(b)subject to paragraph (3), the HSE in relation to vessels for use in the workplace.

(2) In Northern Ireland, the market surveillance authority is—

(a)within its area, the district council in relation to vessels for private use or consumption; and

(b)the HSENI in relation to vessels for use in the workplace.

(3) In so far as these Regulations apply to vessels intended exclusively or primarily for use on relevant nuclear sites, the market surveillance authority is the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

(4) In paragraph (3), “relevant nuclear site” means a site which is–

(a)a GB nuclear site (within the meaning given in section 68 of the Energy Act 2013 F1;

(b)an authorised defence site (within the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998 F2); or

(c)a new nuclear build site (within the meaning given in regulation 2A of those Regulations).