The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the withdrawal agreement (“the Protocol”) requires that the EU legislation listed in Annex 2 to that Protocol is implemented in Northern Ireland. It also requires that where bodies or authorities based in the United Kingdom are involved in assessments or authorisations and they undertake those assessments or authorisations for products placed on the market in Northern Ireland, any conformity or similar marking must be accompanied by the indication “UK(NI)”. Part 2 of these Regulations (regulation 3 and Schedule 1) set out the form of the UK(NI) indication.