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From 20 January 2027, SI 2026/867 limits the 2008 Regulations to Great Britain, revokes them in Northern Ireland (where the EU Machinery Regulation applies directly), and lets machinery that complies with the EU Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 and carries CE marking be placed on the GB market; machinery placed on the market before that date under the earlier rules can continue to be made available. Status: in force (GB). Applicability: humanoids, AMRs, cobots and other powered robots supplied in GB are machinery under these Regulations. HSE research report RR1214 treats these Regulations and PUWER as the two core UK regimes for autonomous mobile robots. 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