The Medical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
These Regulations make provision for the implementation in respect of Northern Ireland of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (“Regulation (EU) 2017/746”). Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework between the United Kingdom and the European Union (“the Windsor Framework”) provides that the EU law listed in Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework will apply to and in the UK, in respect of Northern Ireland. Regulation (EU) 2017/746 is listed in Annex 2 and applied from 26 May 2022. Section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 gives effect to Regulation (EU) 2017/746 in domestic law.