Section 2(1) provides that product regulations (under Section 1) may set out requirements that relate to the conditions to be met in relation to products which are marketed or used in the UK.
	Section 2(2) provides that the regulations may cover requirements relating to the characteristics of a product such as how it is manufactured, produced or installed, its components (which may be intangible, such as software) or composition or other characteristics; requirements for marketing or use (which includes packaging, storage or transportation), and provision when products are marketed on an online marketplace. Provisions concerning statements about products, monitoring, assessments, certification and verification of products, recording or investigating complaints, production or retention of samples or documents, and cooperation with relevant authorities are other examples of provisions that can be made. Product regulations may also include provision about information about products, including information about risk that must be provided to consumers, other people who engage in activities in relation to the product, and relevant authorities.
	Section 2(3) gives examples of the persons on whom product regulations may impose requirements. This includes manufacturers, those who market a product (such as distributors and retailers) in, or import a product to, the UK, or installers of a product and a person who controls access to, or contents of, an online marketplace or an intermediary. It also allows requirements to be placed on the authorised representatives of persons conducting product-related activities. It extends to enabling requirements to be placed on a person carrying out monitoring, assessment or verification of a product, or a person carrying out certification or accreditation activities on such a person. Section 2(3)(i) makes clear that this is not an exhaustive list and requirements may be placed on any other person carrying out activities in relation to a product.
	Section 2(4) states that product regulations may make provision for and in relation to technical standards relating to product requirements and Section 2(5) provides that product regulations may set out what is to be covered by a technical standard and who may prepare them, as well as the procedure by which technical standards may be prepared. Section 2(6) explains that product requirements may include provision about published standards and that meeting a particular standard creates a presumption of compliance with a particular product requirement.
	Section 2(7) allows product regulations to provide that a product requirement may be treated as being met by meeting specified provision in relevant EU law (and may attach conditions to this) and Section 2(8) states that before making provision described in subsection (7) the Secretary of State must have regard to the social, environmental and economic impact of the proposed measure.
	Section 2(9) states that intangible components of products includes software.
Product regulations Section 2: Product requirements