Recognition here that the machinery directive is being replaced by regulation 2023:1230, in force in 2027. No recognition of the position of NI, which (as I understand it) will have to follow this new EU law, which means bringing it into UK law, as was done with the original machinery directive.
For NI to be compliant, this new regulation should be made law in NI, but it seems politically impossible to make this law in NI, but not in the rest of the UK. Some product categories are updated to mandate notified body assessment, so GB compliant (self cert) goods may not be able to be sold in NI