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UK PSTI Product Security Statement Of Compliance

A statement must contain the prescribed information and accompany the product unless a current deemed-compliance route applies; a digital method is possible, but each business must ensure that it meets the Act.

Use the ordinary signed-statement route unless the product meets the exact labelling conditions added to the Regulations on 4 December 2025.

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May 9, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
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Published May 9, 2026
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A statement must contain the prescribed information and accompany the product unless a current deemed-compliance route applies; a digital method is possible, but each business must ensure that it meets the Act.

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What must the statement contain?

The regime took effect on 29 April 2024. Under section 9 of the PSTI Act, a manufacturer must not make a relevant connectable product available in the United Kingdom unless a accompanies it. Regulation 7 and Schedule 4 prescribe the minimum contents. The statement is prepared by or on behalf of the manufacturer; it is not an OPSS certificate or approval.

The statement must identify the product by type and batch; name and address every manufacturer and any authorised representative; say that it was prepared by or on behalf of the manufacturer; declare that, in the manufacturer's opinion, the manufacturer complied with the applicable Schedule 1 security requirements or met the corresponding Schedule 2 deemed-compliance conditions; give the that was correct when the product was first supplied; and include the signatory's signature, name and function plus the place and date of issue. Where a product has multiple manufacturers, section 9 permits one joint statement prepared by or on behalf of all of them, but it must cover each manufacturer's declaration.

  • Tie the statement to the shipped product type, model, batch or other identifier used in production and distribution records.
  • Name each legal entity that meets the Act's manufacturer definition, including a business that markets the product under its own name or trade mark.
  • Check that the support-period entry agrees with the public support-period information and the product release record.
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How can the statement accompany the product?

The Act calls the statement a document but does not define 'document' or 'accompany'. GOV.UK guidance therefore says it could be digital, while leaving each business to determine how its method meets the legal requirement for its products. A web link, QR code, package insert or electronic document is not automatically sufficient: the manufacturer, importer and distributor must be able to show that the statement accompanied the product at the relevant supply stage.

Since 4 December 2025, provides a narrow alternative. The accompaniment requirement is treated as met where the product is currently assigned an unexpired Japan JC-STAR STAR-1 conformance label or is currently awarded an unexpired label under any level of Singapore's Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme. This route concerns accompaniment of the statement; it does not remove other PSTI duties.

  • For the ordinary route, retain the issued statement and evidence of how recipients could obtain it with the product.
  • For , record the scheme, label identifier or level, product mapping, validity period, and the checks performed before supply.
  • Do not treat any other certification, test report, standard, or security label as a substitute for the statement-accompaniment duty.
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Who checks and retains the evidence?

Manufacturers are responsible for preparing and accompanying the ordinary statement. Importers and distributors have separate pre-supply duties to check accompaniment, or to be satisfied that the conditions are met when using that route. A supplier contract or general assurance does not replace those statutory checks.

Where the ordinary statement is required, the manufacturer and importer must each retain a copy for the longer of 10 years from its issue date or the stated in it. Keep the underlying product-scope decision, security evidence, signed approval, version history and distribution evidence with that copy so the statement can be connected to the product actually supplied.

  • Do not omit a manufacturer, authorised representative, batch identifier, declaration route, support period, signature, place or date.
  • Do not use a later support-period publication to disguise what was stated when the product was first supplied; preserve dated versions and any lawful extension.
  • Recheck the statement after a change to branding, manufacturer identity, product batch, connectivity, security controls or support commitment.
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