Section 1(1) gives the Secretary of State the authority to enact regulations with the intention of guaranteeing that products marketed or used in the UK reduce or mitigate any risk presented by those products, give accurate readings and operate efficiently and effectively.
	Section 1(2) provides that in addition to the matters listed in Section 1(1), the Secretary of State may make provision for the purpose of reducing or mitigating the environmental impact of products where the EU makes provision in that area.
	Section 1(3) excludes products listed in the Schedule from the scope of product regulations.
	Section 1(4) sets out what is meant by a product presenting a "risk" (that is, where used as intended or under typical or reasonably foreseeable conditions, a product endangers the health or safety of persons, domestic animals, endangers property or causes or is susceptible to electromagnetic disturbance).
	Section 1(5) and 1(6) requires the Secretary of State to publish a statement setting out how the Secretary of State expects to identify and assess product risks, and provides that this statement may be amended or replaced from time to time.
	Section 1(7) sets out the meanings of key terms including what constitutes "marketing" in the UK and that, for the purposes of the Act, products are tangible items that are manufactured or result from another method of production.
	Section 1(8) makes clear that further provisions of the Act give more detail on what is included in the Section 1 power. Section 1(9) sets out that regulations made under Section 1 are "product regulations".
Product regulations Section 1: Product regulations