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The General Product Safety Regulations 2005 is a 2005 Statutory Instrument of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that demands that "No producer shall (or ) place a () product on the market unless the product is a safe product" (reg.5(1)) and provides broad enforcement powers. The regulations implemented European Union directive 2001/95/EC and revoked the General Product Safety Regulations 1994〔(SI 1994/2328 )〕 (reg.1(2)). The regulations also repealed section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 which had previously imposed a more limited general safety requirement (reg.46(2)). It is a crime to breach the general safety requirement. On summary conviction in the Magistrates' Court, an offender can be sentenced to up to three months' imprisonment and the statutory maximum fine. On conviction on indictment in the Crown Court, an offender can be sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and a £20,000 fine (s.20(1)). An enforcement authority can recover the full costs of enforcement from an offender (s.27). It is a defence that all due diligence was exercised in the supply of the product (reg.29(1)). Were a person wishes to rely on the defence that supply of a dangerous product was due to the default of someone else or reliance on information from someone else, he must serve notice on the court seven days before the hearing (s.29(2)-(3)). ==The general safety requirement== The regulations require that no producer shall (reg.5): *Place a product on the market; *Offer or agree to place a product on the market or expose or possess a product for placing on the market; *Offer or agree to supply a product or expose or possess a product for supply; *Supply a product; — unless the product is a safe product. A producer must provide appropriate information to consumers (art.7). Either a producer or distributor must inform an enforcement authority if they become aware that they have supplied a dangerous product (reg.9). The authority must inform the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, who must inform the European Commission (regs.33–34) A distributor must exercise due care in helping to ensure safety through (reg.8): *Not selling dangerous products; *Providing information to purchasers; *Maintaining traceability; *Co-operating with enforcement authorities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「General Product Safety Regulations 2005」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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