The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008

Prohibitions on mercury and cadmium U.K.

4.—(1) No person shall place on the market—

(a) a battery that contains more than 0.0005% of mercury by weight;

(b) a portable battery that contains more than 0.002% of cadmium by weight.

F1 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F2 (3) The prohibition in paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to a portable battery intended for use in—

(a) emergency and alarm systems, including emergency lighting; or

(b) medical equipment.]

(4) This regulation does not apply to a battery which is a component of a vehicle for the purposes of regulation 6 of the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003(1).

(5) In this regulation—

“portable battery” means any battery or battery pack which is—

(a)

sealed,

(b)

can be hand-carried by an average natural person without difficulty, and

(c)

is neither an automotive battery nor an industrial battery;

“automotive battery” means any battery used for automotive starter, lighting or ignition power;

“industrial battery” means any battery or battery pack which is—

(a)

designed exclusively for industrial or professional uses,

(b)

used as a source of power for propulsion in an electric vehicle,

(c)

unsealed but is not an automotive battery, or

(d)

sealed but is not a portable battery; [F3 and]

“electric vehicle” means a vehicle which uses electricity as a source of power for propulsion and includes a vehicle which in addition uses, or is capable of using, other sources of power for this [F4 purpose]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 4(2) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/63), regs. 1(2)(a), 3(1) (with reg. 3(2))

F2 Reg. 4(3) substituted (1.1.2017) by The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/63), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(1) (with reg. 4(3))

F3 Word in reg. 4(5) inserted (1.1.2017) by The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/63), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(2)(a)

F4 Word in reg. 4(5) substituted (1.1.2017) by The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/63), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(2)(b)

(1)

S.I. 2003/2635 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. This instrument implements Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end‑of life vehicles (OJ No. L269, 21.10.2000, p.34).