http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994Health and safety at workSafetyHealth and safety requirementsElectrical installation and servicingConsumer protectionCONSUMER PROTECTION2023-07-31Statute Law Database1995-01-09 These Regulations consolidate with amendments the Low Voltage Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1989 (the “1989 Regulations”). They implement the requirements of Council Directive No. 73/23/EEC (OJ No. L77, 26.3.1973, p.29) on the harmonisation of the laws of member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits, as amended by Council Directive No. 93/68/EEC (OJ No. L220, 30.8.1993, p.1) (the “CE marking” Directive). Regulations to be treated as safety regulations within the meaning of the <Abbreviation Expansion="Consumer Protection Act 1987 c. 43">1987 Act</Abbreviation> 17 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations shall be treated for all purposes as if they were safety regulations within the meaning of section 45(1) of the 1987 Act. 2 Where a contravention of regulation 14 above arises from the supply of electrical equipment which fails to satisfy the requirements of regulation 5(1) above or of goods which would cause the relevant equipment to contravene those requirements because there is in each case a risk of death or injury to domestic animals or damage to property, or both, but no risk of the death of a person or of personal injury, the person who contravenes regulation 14 shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment for not more than three months or with a fine not exceeding level five on the standard scale. 3 Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above and the provisions of Part IV of the 1987 Act, in so far as these Regulations apply in relation to such electrical equipment as is mentioned in paragraph (4) below— a the Health and Safety Executive (“the Executive”) (or, for Northern Ireland, the Department for Economic Development (“the Department”)) may make arrangements for the enforcement of these Regulations, and b the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) (or the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”)) mentioned in paragraph (5) below shall apply as if— i these Regulations were health and safety regulations and, accordingly, relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of the 1974 Act (or the 1978 Order), ii any reference therein to an enforcing authority were a reference to the Executive (or the Department), iii any reference therein to any provision of the 1974 Act (or the 1978 Order) were a reference to that provision as, and so far as, it is applied by this paragraph, and section 34(3) of the 1974 Act and article 32(3) of the 1978 Order shall have effect with the substitution for the words “six months” of the words “twelve months”. 4 The electrical equipment referred to in paragraph (3) above is— a electrical equipment designed for use or operation, whether exclusively or not, by persons at work; and b electrical equipment designed for use, otherwise than at work, in non-domestic premises made available to persons at a place where they may use the equipment provided for their use there. 5 The provisions referred to in paragraph (3) above are sections 18(6) and (7)(b), sections 19 to 26 (save for subsections (3), (4) and (6) of section 23), subsections (1)(e) to (h) and (o), (2), (2A), (3) (save for the words “Subject to any provision made by virtue of section 15(6)(d) or (e) or by virtue of paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3”) and (4)(e) of section 33, section 34(3), (4) and (5), sections 35 to 39 (save for subsection (3) of section 36) and section 42 of the 1974 Act and articles 2(3), 21 to 28, paragraphs (1)(e) to (1), (2), (4), (5)(d) and (e) and (6) of article 31, paragraphs (3) and (4) of article 32 and articles 33 to 36 of the Order. 6 The Executive or the Department shall, where action has been taken by it to prohibit or restrict the supply of any electrical equipment which bears the CE marking, forthwith inform the Secretary of State of the action taken, and the reason for it. Reg. 17 in force at 9.1.1995, see reg. 1
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<Legislation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260" NumberOfProvisions="34" RestrictStartDate="1995-01-09" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/schema/legislation.xsd" SchemaVersion="1.0" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<ukm:Metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata">
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994</dc:title>
<dc:subject>Health and safety at work</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Safety</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Health and safety requirements</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Electrical installation and servicing</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Consumer protection</dc:subject>
<dc:subject scheme="SIheading">CONSUMER PROTECTION</dc:subject>
<dc:modified>2023-07-31</dc:modified>
<dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher>
<dct:valid>1995-01-09</dct:valid>
<dc:description>These Regulations consolidate with amendments the Low Voltage Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1989 (the “1989 Regulations”). They implement the requirements of Council Directive No. 73/23/EEC (OJ No. L77, 26.3.1973, p.29) on the harmonisation of the laws of member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits, as amended by Council Directive No. 93/68/EEC (OJ No. L220, 30.8.1993, p.1) (the “CE marking” Directive).</dc:description>
<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09/data.xml" type="application/xml"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/resources" title="More Resources"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/1995-01-09" title="whole act"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/introduction/1995-01-09" title="introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/signature" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/signature/1995-01-09" title="signature"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/note" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/note/1995-01-09" title="note"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/body/1995-01-09" title="body"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/schedules" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/schedules/1995-01-09" title="schedules"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09/data.akn" title="AKN"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09/data.csv" title="CSV"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/contents/1995-01-09" title="Table of Contents"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/made" title="made"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17" title="current"/>
<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/1995-01-09" title="Entire legislation"/>
<atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/16/1995-01-09" title="Provision; Regulation 16"/>
<atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/16/1995-01-09" title="Provision; Regulation 16"/>
<atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/18/1995-01-09" title="Provision; Regulation 18"/>
<atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/18/1995-01-09" title="Provision; Regulation 18"/>
<ukm:SecondaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="secondary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
<ukm:DocumentMinorType Value="regulation"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="1994"/>
<ukm:Number Value="3260"/>
<ukm:Made Date="1994-12-15"/>
<ukm:Laid Date="1994-12-16" Class="UnitedKingdomParliament"/>
<ukm:ComingIntoForce>
<ukm:DateTime Date="1995-01-09"/>
</ukm:ComingIntoForce>
<ukm:ISBN Value="0110439171"/>
<ukm:UnappliedEffects>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect EffectId="key-4ab5ab4306c81015edb6a4c77710ffd2" Row="185" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-4ab5ab4306c81015edb6a4c77710ffd2" Type="words substituted" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectingYear="2014" AffectedYear="1994" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectedProvisions="reg. 17(3)(a)" AffectedNumber="3260" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 58(2)(a)" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260" RequiresApplied="true" Modified="2015-01-23T15:50:54Z" AffectingNumber="469">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-17-3-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/a">reg. 17(3)(a)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-58-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/3/paragraph/58/2/a">para. 58(2)(a)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Savings>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/4">Sch. 4</ukm:Section>
</ukm:Savings>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="article-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Date="2014-04-01" Qualification="wholly in force"/>
</ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regs</ukm:AffectedTitle>
</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedYear="1994" EffectId="key-0ce869bdcf15ff2e1ad395a36a340f06" Type="words substituted" AffectedProvisions="reg. 17(3)(b)(ii)" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-0ce869bdcf15ff2e1ad395a36a340f06" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectingNumber="469" AffectingYear="2014" RequiresApplied="true" Modified="2015-01-23T15:50:54Z" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" Row="186" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 58(2)(b)" AffectedNumber="3260" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-17-3-b-ii" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/b/ii">reg. 17(3)(b)(ii)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-58-2-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/3/paragraph/58/2/b">para. 58(2)(b)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Savings>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/4">Sch. 4</ukm:Section>
</ukm:Savings>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="article-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Date="2014-04-01" Qualification="wholly in force"/>
</ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regs</ukm:AffectedTitle>
</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469" AffectedProvisions="reg. 17(6)" RequiresApplied="true" Row="187" EffectId="key-ad11377e20b25d0ca1a389d8a7fb60b3" AffectingNumber="469" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-ad11377e20b25d0ca1a389d8a7fb60b3" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectedNumber="3260" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260" Modified="2015-01-23T15:50:54Z" AffectingYear="2014" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 58(3)" Type="words substituted" AffectedYear="1994">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-17-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/6">reg. 17(6)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-58-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/3/paragraph/58/3">para. 58(3)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Savings>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/4">Sch. 4</ukm:Section>
</ukm:Savings>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="article-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Date="2014-04-01" Qualification="wholly in force"/>
</ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regs</ukm:AffectedTitle>
</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 58(4)" AffectedProvisions="reg. 17(7)" AffectingYear="2014" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260" Modified="2015-01-23T15:50:54Z" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-1a8fc4865487b669cd70df2d27d80831" Type="inserted" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" EffectId="key-1a8fc4865487b669cd70df2d27d80831" AffectedYear="1994" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469" Row="188" AffectingNumber="469" AffectedNumber="3260" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-17-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/7" FoundRef="regulation-17">reg. 17(7)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-58-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/3/paragraph/58/4">para. 58(4)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Savings>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/schedule/4">Sch. 4</ukm:Section>
</ukm:Savings>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="article-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/469/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Date="2014-04-01" Qualification="wholly in force"/>
</ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regs</ukm:AffectedTitle>
</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedYear="1994" EffectId="key-4da31db70e20aff59c8bdf15b47d2d67" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/1101" RequiresApplied="true" Row="6" Modified="2016-12-22T14:46:11Z" AffectedNumber="3260" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-4da31db70e20aff59c8bdf15b47d2d67" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S+N.I." AffectingYear="2016" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectingNumber="1101" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260" AffectedProvisions="Regulations" Type="revoked" AffectingProvisions="reg. 63">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regs</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>Regulations</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-63" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/1101/regulation/63">reg. 63</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Savings>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/1101/regulation/3">reg. 3</ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-62-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/1101/regulation/62/1">62(1)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:Savings>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/1101/regulation/1">reg. 1</ukm:Section>
</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Date="2016-12-08" Qualification="wholly in force"/>
</ukm:InForceDates>
</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect EffectId="key-b83b89d8f345c87d8cbcaba327ffd864" AffectedNumber="3260" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RequiresApplied="true" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/730" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectedProvisions="Regulations" AffectingNumber="730" AffectedYear="1994" AffectingYear="2000" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260" AffectingProvisions="reg. 1(3)" Created="2019-02-20T11:42:47Z" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Comments="disapplied except regulations 5 and 7" Modified="2019-02-20T11:42:47Z" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/uksi-2000-730-eki5m4x3-18" Type="disapplied in part" Row="18">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>Regulations</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 2000</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-1-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/730/regulation/1/3">reg. 1(3)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="regulation-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/730/regulation/1/1">reg. 1(1)</ukm:Section>
</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Date="2000-04-08" Qualification="wholly in force"/>
</ukm:InForceDates>
</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
</ukm:UnappliedEffects>
</ukm:SecondaryMetadata>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="28"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="19"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="9"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="1"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</ukm:Metadata>
<Secondary>
<Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/body/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/body" NumberOfProvisions="19" RestrictStartDate="1995-01-09" NumberFormat="default" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<P1group RestrictStartDate="1995-01-09" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Title>
Regulations to be treated as safety regulations within the meaning of the
<Abbreviation Expansion="Consumer Protection Act 1987 c. 43">1987 Act</Abbreviation>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17" id="regulation-17">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="key-0f70907eaf53567c0cb7913f28fdb355"/>
17
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/1" id="regulation-17-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations shall be treated for all purposes as if they were safety regulations within the meaning of section 45(1) of the 1987 Act.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/2/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/2" id="regulation-17-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a contravention of regulation 14 above arises from the supply of electrical equipment which fails to satisfy the requirements of regulation 5(1) above or of goods which would cause the relevant equipment to contravene those requirements because there is in each case a risk of death or injury to domestic animals or damage to property, or both, but no risk of the death of a person or of personal injury, the person who contravenes regulation 14 shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment for not more than three months or with a fine not exceeding level five on the standard scale.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3" id="regulation-17-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above and the provisions of Part IV of the 1987 Act, in so far as these Regulations apply in relation to such electrical equipment as is mentioned in paragraph (4) below—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/a/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/a" id="regulation-17-3-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
the Health and Safety Executive (“
<Abbreviation Expansion="the Health and Safety Executive">the Executive</Abbreviation>
”) (or, for Northern Ireland, the Department for Economic Development (“
<Abbreviation Expansion="the Department for Economic Development">the Department</Abbreviation>
”)) may make arrangements for the enforcement of these Regulations, and
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/b/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/b" id="regulation-17-3-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work
<Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</Abbreviation>
Act 1974 (“the
<Abbreviation Expansion="Health and Safety at Work etc.Act 1974 c. 37">1974 Act</Abbreviation>
”) (or the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the
<Abbreviation Expansion="Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9))">1978 Order</Abbreviation>
”)) mentioned in paragraph (5) below shall apply as if—
</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/b/i/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/b/i" id="regulation-17-3-b-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>these Regulations were health and safety regulations and, accordingly, relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of the 1974 Act (or the 1978 Order),</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/b/ii/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/b/ii" id="regulation-17-3-b-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>any reference therein to an enforcing authority were a reference to the Executive (or the Department),</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/b/iii/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/3/b/iii" id="regulation-17-3-b-iii">
<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>any reference therein to any provision of the 1974 Act (or the 1978 Order) were a reference to that provision as, and so far as, it is applied by this paragraph,</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<Text>and section 34(3) of the 1974 Act and article 32(3) of the 1978 Order shall have effect with the substitution for the words “six months” of the words “twelve months”.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/4/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/4" id="regulation-17-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The electrical equipment referred to in paragraph (3) above is—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/4/a/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/4/a" id="regulation-17-4-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>electrical equipment designed for use or operation, whether exclusively or not, by persons at work; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/4/b/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/4/b" id="regulation-17-4-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>electrical equipment designed for use, otherwise than at work, in non-domestic premises made available to persons at a place where they may use the equipment provided for their use there.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/5/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/5" id="regulation-17-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The provisions referred to in paragraph (3) above are sections 18(6) and (7)(b), sections 19 to 26 (save for subsections (3), (4) and (6) of section 23), subsections (1)(e) to (h) and (o), (2), (2A), (3) (save for the words “Subject to any provision made by virtue of section 15(6)(d) or (e) or by virtue of paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3”) and (4)(e) of section 33, section 34(3), (4) and (5), sections 35 to 39 (save for subsection (3) of section 36) and section 42 of the 1974 Act and articles 2(3), 21 to 28, paragraphs (1)(e) to (1), (2), (4), (5)(d) and (e) and (6) of article 31, paragraphs (3) and (4) of article 32 and articles 33 to 36 of the Order.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/6/1995-01-09" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/17/6" id="regulation-17-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Executive or the Department shall, where action has been taken by it to prohibit or restrict the supply of any electrical equipment which bears the CE marking, forthwith inform the Secretary of State of the action taken, and the reason for it.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Body>
</Secondary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary Type="I" id="key-0f70907eaf53567c0cb7913f28fdb355">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 17 in force at 9.1.1995, see
<CitationSubRef id="n3c7b1cd729b0f182" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3260/regulation/1" Operative="true">reg. 1</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>