Section 10 — Duty to investigate potential compliance failures
Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
This version in force from 2024-04-29
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .
(1) This section applies if, at any time after a relevant connectable product has been made available in the United Kingdom—
(a) a manufacturer of the product is informed that there is, or may be, a compliance failure in relation to the product, and
(b) the manufacturer is aware, or ought to be aware, that the product is or will be a UK consumer connectable product.
(2) The manufacturer must take all reasonable steps to investigate whether there is a compliance failure in relation to the product.
(3) In this section “compliance failure” means a failure by a manufacturer of the product to comply with a relevant security requirement relating to the product.