reg 2 Interpretation and application
(1) In these Regulations— “ the 1987 Act ” means the Consumer Protection Act 1987 ; “ approved body ” has the meaning given to it in regulation 46 (approved bodies); ... ... “ authorised representative ” means a person appointed in accordance with regulation 19; ... ... “ commencement date ” means the date these regulations come into force; “ conformity assessment ” means the process demonstrating whether the essential requirements relating to radio equipment have been fulfilled; “ conformity assessment body ” means a body that performs conformity assessment activities; “ declaration of conformity ” means a declaration of conformity required to be drawn up in accordance with regulation 42 by regulation 10(1)(a) ( declaration of conformity); “ designated standard ” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2A; “ distributor ” means any person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer, authorised representative or the importer, who makes radio equipment available on the market; “ the Directive ” means Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment; “ economic operator ” means a manufacturer, authorised representative, importer or distributor; “ electromagnetic disturbance ” means any electromagnetic phenomenon which may degrade the performance of equipment; an electromagnetic disturbance may be electromagnetic noise, an unwanted signal or a change in the propagation medium itself; “ enforcing authority ” means any person enforcing these Regulations under regulation 56 (enforcement); “ essential requirements ” means the requirements set out in regulation 6; ... ... “ harmful interference ” means interference which endangers the functioning of a radio navigation service or of other safety services or which otherwise seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radiocommunications service operating in accordance with the applicable international, European Community or national regulations; ... “ the Implementing Regulation ” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1354 specifying how to present the information provided for in Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council; “importer” means a person who— is established in the United Kingdom and places radio equipment from a country outside of the United Kingdom on the market; or is established in Northern Ireland and places radio equipment on the market that has been supplied to them for distribution, consumption or use in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge, from an EEA state; “ make available on the market ” means any supply for distribution, consumption or use of radio equipment on the market of Great Britain in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge, and related expressions must be construed accordingly; “ manufacturer ” means a person who— manufactures radio equipment or has radio equipment designed or manufactured; and markets that radio equipment under that person's name or trade mark; “ market surveillance authority ” has the meaning set out in regulation 55 (designation of market surveillance authorities”); ... ... “ OFCOM ” means the Office of Communications established under the Office of Communications Act 2002 ; ... “ place on the market ” means the first making available on the market of Great Britain of radio equipment, and related expressions must be construed accordingly; “ put into service ” means the first use of radio equipment in Great Britain by its end-user for the purposes for which it was intended, and related expressions must be construed accordingly; “ radiodetermination ” means the determination of the position, velocity and/or other characteristics of an object, or the obtaining of information relating to those parameters, by means of the propagation properties of radio waves; “ radio communication ” means communication by means of radio waves; “ radio equipment ” means— an electrical or electronic product, which intentionally emits and/or receives radio waves for the purpose of radio communication and/or radiodetermination, or an electrical or electronic product which must be completed with an accessory, such as antenna, so as to intentionally emit and/or receive radio waves for the purpose of radio communication and/or radiodetermination; “ radio waves ” means electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3,000 GHz, propagated in space without artificial guide; “ RAMS ” means Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products; “ recall ” means taking any measure aimed at achieving the return of radio equipment that has already been made available to the end-user and related expressions must be construed accordingly; “ relevant conformity assessment procedure ” means a conformity assessment procedure referred to in regulation 41 (conformity assessment procedures); “ relevant economic operator ” means, in relation to radio equipment, an economic operator with obligations in respect of that radio equipment under Part 2; “ technical documentation ” has the meaning set out in regulation 45 (technical documentation); “ technical specification ” means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by radio equipment; “ UK marking ” means the marking in the form set out in Annex 2 of RAMS; “ UK national accreditation body ” means the body appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 4 of RAMS; “ weights and measures authority ” means a local weights and measures authority within the meaning set out in section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 ; “ withdraw ” means taking any measure aimed at preventing radio equipment in the supply chain from being made available on the market and related expressions must be construed accordingly. (2) In these Regulations, a reference to radio equipment being “ in conformity with Part 2 ” means that— (a) the radio equipment is in conformity with the essential requirements, and (b) each relevant economic operator has complied with the obligations imposed on them under Part 2 which must be satisfied at or before the time at which they make the radio equipment available on the market. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) In regulations 18 and 26 (monitoring in relation to manufacturers and importers respectively) “ risk ” means a risk which could arise from lawful and readily predictable human behaviour. (5) In the other provisions of these Regulations, “ risk ” means a risk— (a) which could arise from lawful and readily predictable human behaviour, or (b) of non-conformity with the essential requirements. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .