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UK PSTI Product Security Relevant Connectable Product Scope

Decide whether one product meets the UK PSTI connectivity definition, falls within a current exception, and reaches the separate UK-consumer duty tests.

Binding duties come from Part 1 of the 2022 Act and the current 2023 Regulations. OPSS guidance explains administration and enforcement; ETSI materials are standards evidence, not a substitute for applying the UK rules.

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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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Overview

Classify the product before assigning duties. Under section 4 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act 2022, a is an internet-connectable or network-connectable product that is not excepted by regulations. The regime has applied since 29 April 2024, but that classification alone does not prove that a particular manufacturer, importer, or distributor duty applies; section 54 and the actor-specific conditions still matter.

Section 1

Apply the statutory connectivity test

Internet-connectable means capable of sending and receiving data over the internet using a protocol in the Internet Protocol suite. Network-connectable is narrower than 'has a radio': the product must not be internet-connectable, must be capable of sending and receiving data by electrical or electromagnetic transmission, and must meet one of the two direct-connectability conditions in section 5.

The first network condition is direct connection to an internet-connectable product using an Internet Protocol suite protocol. The second requires direct connection to two or more products at once using a non-IP protocol and direct connection to an internet-connectable product using that protocol. A wire or cable used only to connect products is disregarded when counting the two products, but using a wire or cable does not by itself prevent a connection from being direct.

  • Document transmit and receive capability; one-way products may fail the definition.
  • List IP and non-IP protocols, simultaneous-connection capability, and the products reached directly.
  • Test capability, not only the default configuration or the features enabled at sale.
  • Keep diagrams, specifications, and release evidence for the model assessed.
Sources for this answer
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, Part 1
Part 1 defines relevant connectable products, UK consumer connectable products, supply-chain roles, statements, records, compliance-failure duties, and enforcement.
Section 2

Apply the current exception schedule

Schedule 3 removes specified products from the relevant-connectable-product category. The exceptions are conditional, not broad industry exemptions. Medical devices must meet the cited medical-device definitions; computer exceptions distinguish cellular capability and products designed exclusively for children under 14; the specified vehicle exceptions took effect on 25 February 2025 and refer to particular vehicle regimes and categories.

A component is not automatically outside scope because it is sold in a bundle. Classify the item the business makes available and check whether the exception text covers it. If the facts do not match an exception exactly, continue the test.

  • Record the precise Schedule 3 paragraph relied on and every condition it requires.
  • Check the product's intended purpose, cellular capability, age design, sector status, and place of supply.
  • Do not rely on an exception for a neighboring product category or for a component not covered by its wording.
  • Review the latest consolidated Schedule 3 before each launch, material redesign, or change in intended purpose, cellular capability, age positioning, sector status, or place of supply.
Sources for this answer
PSTI Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products Regulations 2023 (current text)
The current consolidated Regulations contain the three Schedule 1 security requirements, statement content and retention rules, deemed-compliance conditions, and Schedule 3 exceptions.
PSTI Security Requirements Amendment Regulations 2025
S.I. 2025/211 corrected the update-period rule and added specified vehicle exceptions with effect from 25 February 2025.
Section 3

Separate product scope from UK-consumer and actor scope

Section 54 asks whether a relevant product is a because it is first made available to UK consumers, or is first made available to UK non-consumers while identical products meet the consumer condition. The statutory first-supply analysis includes specific rules for unwanted returns, compliance-related returns, reconditioned products, and installation contracts. The actor provisions then ask what the manufacturer, importer, or distributor intends, knows, or ought to know.

A connected industrial controller sold only for enterprise use may fail the section 54 conditions even though it is a . A smart camera sold to a business can still meet section 54 when identical cameras are made available to consumers. These are examples; the actual sales and product facts control.

  • Record consumer and non-consumer sales channels for identical products.
  • Record all earlier supplies and apply the specific return and reconditioning rules in section 54 and installation-contract rules in section 55.
  • Map each legal entity to its manufacturer, importer, or distributor role.
  • Preserve the evidence supporting any business-only conclusion.
Sources for this answer
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, Part 1
Part 1 defines relevant connectable products, UK consumer connectable products, supply-chain roles, statements, records, compliance-failure duties, and enforcement.
The UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Product Security) regime
The government policy paper explains how the Act and Regulations work together across product scope, economic-operator duties, statements, and enforcement.
Section 4

Write a defensible scope conclusion

A usable conclusion names the exact product and version, explains the connectivity branch, records each exception checked, applies section 54, assigns the supply-chain roles, and states which duties follow. Avoid a bare 'PSTI applies' label.

Reassess when connectivity, intended purpose, branding, bundles, customer channels, country of import, or the statutory schedule changes.

  • State in scope, outside scope, or unresolved, with reasons for every branch.
  • Name the owner, reviewer, evidence location, and next review trigger.
  • Link an in-scope conclusion to the three security requirements and statement process.
  • Send unresolved legal classification points for product-specific advice before supply.
Sources for this answer
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, Part 1
Part 1 defines relevant connectable products, UK consumer connectable products, supply-chain roles, statements, records, compliance-failure duties, and enforcement.
PSTI Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products Regulations 2023 (current text)
The current consolidated Regulations contain the three Schedule 1 security requirements, statement content and retention rules, deemed-compliance conditions, and Schedule 3 exceptions.
Regulations: consumer connectable product security
OPSS and DSIT guidance explains commencement, covered products and actors, the three security requirements, statement accompaniment, and the vehicle exceptions.
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