The Medical Devices (Northern Ireland Protocol) Regulations 2021
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Type
Regulation
Regulated products
Medical Devices
Published
July 26, 2021
Last updated
July 27, 2021
Description
These Regulations make provision for the implementation in respect of Northern Ireland of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017) (“Regulation (EU) 2017/745”). Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union (“the Protocol”) provides that the EU law listed in Annex 2 to the Protocol will apply to and in the UK, in respect of Northern Ireland. Regulation (EU) 2017/745 is listed in Annex 2 and applied from 26 May 2021. Section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 gives effect to Regulation (EU) 2017/745 in domestic law.
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United Kingdom
License
Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom)