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Statutory guidance

General product safety regulations: Great Britain

Guidance for businesses.

Updates to this page

From:
Office for Product Safety and Standards
Published:
1 January 2021
Last updated:
13 December 2024
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  1. Guide updated to reflect the introduction of new general product safety regulations in Northern Ireland.

  2. Guides updated with minor amendments and references to the Windsor Framework.

  3. GB guide updated to reflect the further extension of the transition period for UKCA marking.

  4. GB guide updated.

  5. Guides amended to clarify what actions businesses must take if non-compliance with the regulations is found.

  6. GB and NI guides converted to HTML format for accessibility reasons.

  7. First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

General Product Safety Regulations 2005: Great Britain

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This guidance will assist your understanding of the regulations and includes obligations for producers and distributors.

The regulations require all consumer products to be safe in their normal or reasonably foreseeable usage.

In Northern Ireland, the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 were superseded on 13 December 2024 by the EU Regulation on general product safety 2023/988.

Read guidance on the general product safety regulations: Northern Ireland

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