Legislation – The Personal Protective Equipment (Temporary Arrangements) (Coronavirus) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Protective Equipment (Temporary Arrangements) (Coronavirus) (Wales) Regulations 2020 and come into force on implementation period completion day.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3)

In these Regulations—

(a)

“the PPE Regulation” (“y Rheoliad PPE”) means Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC2;

(b)

expressions in these Regulations which appear in the PPE Regulation have the same meaning as in the PPE Regulation;

(c)

“the 2018 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2018”) means the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 20183.

(4)

In these Regulations—

“Covid PPE” (“PPE Covid”) means PPE that—

(i)
is necessary for protection against the coronavirus disease; and
(ii)
requires conformity assessment by an approved body, in accordance with Article 19 of the PPE Regulation;

“CE marking” (“nod CE”) has the meaning given to it in Article 3(18) of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 (as it has effect in EU law);

“coronavirus” (“coronafeirws”) means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

“coronavirus disease” (“clefyd y coronafeirws”) means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus);

“EHSR” (“GIDH”) means the essential health and safety requirements applicable to the Covid PPE as set out in Annex 2 to the PPE Regulation;

“the HSE” (“yr Awdurdod Gweithredol Iechyd a Diogewlch”) means the Health and Safety Executive4;

“notified body” (“corff a hysbyswyd”) means a conformity assessment body that is not an approved body, that has been assigned an identification number under Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 (as it has effect in EU law).