The General Product Safety Regulations 1994

includes a business and a trade;

means a consumer acting otherwise than in the course of a commercial activity;

means any product other than a safe product;

means any professional in the supply chain whose activity does not affect the safety properties of a product;

means the Secretary of State, any other Minister of the Crown in charge of a Government Department, any such department and any authority, council and other person on whom functions under these Regulations are imposed by or under regulation 11;

means the requirement in regulation 7;

means (a) the manufacturer of the product, when he is established in the Community, and includes any person presenting himself as the manufacturer by affixing to the product his name, trade mark or other distinctive mark, or the person who reconditions the product;

means any product intended for consumers or likely to be used by consumers, supplied whether for consideration or not in the course of a commercial activity and whether new, used or reconditioned;

means any product which, under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, including duration, does not present any risk or only the minimum risks compatible with the product’s use, considered as acceptable and consistent with a high level of protection for the safety and health of persons, taking into account in particular— (a) the characteristics of the product, including its composition, packaging, instructions for assembly and maintenance;

means the Medicines Act 1968;

means the Consumer Protection Act 1987;

means the Food Safety Act 1990;

means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

means Council Directive 92/59/EEC on general product safety;