ApplicationU.K.
3.—(1) These Regulations apply to—
(a)all types of batteries, regardless of their shape, volume, weight, material composition or use; and
(b)all appliances into which a battery is or may be incorporated.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to batteries used in—
(a)equipment connected with the protection of [F1essential security interests], such as arms, munitions and war material, and intended for specifically military purposes; or
(b)equipment designed to be sent into space.
[F2(3) In paragraph (2)(a)—
(a)as it applies in England and Wales and Scotland, “essential security interests” means the essential security interests of the United Kingdom;
(b)as it applies in Northern Ireland, “essential security interests” means the essential security interests of the United Kingdom or EEA states.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 3(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/188, reg. 13(3)(a) (as substituted by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(3), 11(7)(b))
F2Reg. 3(3) inserted by S.I. 2019/188, reg. 13(3)(b) (as substituted by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(3), 11(7)(b))