Schedule 11: Construction products regulations Paragraphs 10 - 14 - Safety-critical products Effect
These paragraphs give the Secretary of State the power to create a list of safety critical construction products, regulate those products by reference to safety critical standards, create a market surveillance regime and create powers of enforcement. These are products which, if they fail as part of a construction, could cause death or serious injury to a person. This list will not include products subject to a designated standard. Safety critical products will be identified with the assistance of industry and others as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. These products will be subject to equivalent regulation to products subject to a designated standard.
	The type of requirements which can be imposed include, amongst other things, the requirement for a declaration of performance; the provision of information, including information about risk; a requirement for the monitoring, assessment and verification of product performance; the taking of corrective action; recording and investigating complaints;, notification of risks to relevant authorities and co-operation with relevant authorities.
	These paragraphs also give the Secretary of State powers to impose requirements in relation to any statements or other claims made in advertising material in relation to the performance of products included in the list of safety critical construction products.