Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. Construction products Section 146: Construction products Background
The purpose of this power is to provide that construction products placed on the UK market are safe and, in the case of products subject to designated standards, technical assessments or are on the safety critical list, that they will perform to certain technical standards. For these products, where they are placed on the UK market, this will ensure reliable information is available to anybody who wishes to buy or use these products.
Example
The provisions of Schedule 11 set out the detail of how this power is intended to be used and includes examples of how the regulations are intended to work in practice.