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Keep up to dateBy Tom Lowe2021-06-15T05:00:00
Officials ‘not aware of the complexity’ of switching over to new UKCA marking system
The government has grasped the depth of the problems posed by the transition to the new post-Brexit certification system for construction products and is “coming round” to extending the transition period, a government advisor has said.
Construction Products Association chief executive Peter Caplehorn said that officials had not initially understood the complexity of the changeover, which was agreed in the December 2019 Brexit deal, but had now realised that it would cause the industry a “great deal of trouble”.
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