Section 7 — Relevant persons

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2024-04-29

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

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(1) This section has effect for the purposes of this Part.

(2) “Relevant person”, in relation to a relevant connectable product, means any of the following—

(a) a manufacturer of the product (see subsection (3));

(b) an importer of the product (see subsection (4));

(3) “Manufacturer” means any of the following—

(a) any person who—

(i) manufactures a product, or has a product designed or manufactured, and

(ii) markets that product under that person’s name or trade mark;

(b) any person (“P”) who markets a product manufactured by another person under P’s name or trade mark.

(4) “Importer”, in relation to a product, means any person who—

(a) imports the product from a country outside the United Kingdom into the United Kingdom, and

(b) is not a manufacturer of the product.

(5) “Distributor”, in relation to a product, means any person who—

(a) makes the product available in the United Kingdom, and

(b) is not a manufacturer or an importer of the product.

(6) But a person is not to be regarded as a distributor of a product if—

(a) the person makes the product available by performing a contract for the carrying out of works that consist of or include the installation of the product into a building or structure, and

(b) products identical to the product are or have been made available to consumers in the United Kingdom otherwise than by the performance of such a contract.