S.L. 627.3 Art. 1Citation, scope and commencement.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Accessibility

Measures (European Accessibility Act) Regulations.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Directive

(EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services.

(3) These regulations shall come into force on 28 June 2025:

Provided, however, that the obligations set out in regulation 4(8) shall come into force on 28 June 2027:

Provided further that, without prejudice to regulation 2 of these regulations:

(i) up until 28 June 2030, service providers may continue to provide their services using products which were lawfully used by them to provide similar services before that date;

(ii) service contracts agreed before 28 June 2025 may continue without alteration until they expire, but no longer than five (5) years from that date:

Provided also that self-service terminals lawfully used by service providers for the provision of services before 28 June 2025 may continue to be used in the provision of similar services until the end of their economically useful life, but no longer than twenty (20) years after their entry into use.