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The General Product Safety Regulations 2005

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39.—(1) An enforcement authority shall in general make available to the public such information as is available to it on the following matters relating to the risks to consumer health and safety posed by a product—

(a)the nature of the risk,

(b)the product identification,

and the measures taken in respect of the risk, without prejudice to the need not to disclose information for effective monitoring and investigation activities.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any information obtained by an enforcement authority for the purposes of these Regulations which, by its nature, is covered by professional secrecy, unless the circumstances require such information to be made public in order to protect the health and safety of consumers.

(3) The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information)(Amendment and Specification) Order 2003(1) is amended—

(i)by the omission of the “General Product Safety Regulations 1994” from Schedules 3 and 4; and

(ii)by the insertion of the “General Product Safety Regulations 2005” at the end of Schedules 3 and 4.

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