Chapter 2: Duties of relevant persons Section 15: Statements of compliance
This Section provides that an importer may not make a product available in the United Kingdom unless it is accompanied by a statement of compliance, or summary statement, where the importer intends, is aware, or ought to be aware that the product will be a UK consumer connectable product, as defined in Section 54.
	Subsection (3) provides a power for the Secretary of State to set out in regulations the period of time for which importers must retain a copy of statements of compliance. Subsection (4) provides that the Secretary of State may establish via regulations when an importer must make a statement of compliance or summary statement available. These will be subject to the negative resolution procedure.
	Subsection (5) sets out that if a manufacturer satisfies the conditions set out in regulations made under Section 9(7), then importers do not have a duty to ensure a statement of compliance or summary statement accompanies the product. Instead the importer must be satisfied that the manufacturer fully complies with any conditions specified in regulations made under Section 9(7).