The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016

Regulation 64

SCHEDULE 7 Consequential amendments

Amendment of the Plugs and Sockets etc (Safety) Regulations 1994

1.—(1) The Plugs and Sockets etc (Safety) Regulations 1994(1) are amended as follows.

(2) Omit regulation 11.

(3) For the heading of regulation 12 substitute “Prohibitions on supply etc. of conversion plugs”.

(4) Omit regulation 12(1) and (2).

(5) For regulation 12(3) substitute—

“(3) No person shall supply, offer for supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply any conversion plug unless that conversion plug is of a type approved by a notified body for use in conjunction with a non-UK plug which complies with the safety provisions of IEC 884-1, and in respect of which such approval has not been cancelled.

(3A) In determining applications made to it for such approval the notified body shall not grant such approval unless it is satisfied—

(a) that when used in conjunction with such a non-UK plug and when connected to a mains socket in the United Kingdom, conversion plugs of that type provide a level of safety equivalent to a standard plug which satisfies the requirements of regulation 8; and

(b) by means of inspection or testing of samples, that the manufacturer of the conversion plug may reasonably be expected to ensure that normal production and design of the conversion plug will result in conversion plugs of that type corresponding with the samples.”

(6) In regulation 12(4), omit the words “Subject to paragraphs (5), (6) and (7) below,”.

(7) In regulation 12(7)(b), omit the words “, (5) or”.

(8) In regulation 12(9)—

(a) for “paragraph (1)”, substitute “paragraph (3)”;

(b) for “appliance”, substitute “conversion plug”.

Amendment of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

2.  In Schedule 1 to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998(2) omit the entry relating to the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994 and in the appropriate place—

(a) in the first column insert “The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”; and

(b) in the second column, insert the S.I. number of these Regulations.

Amendment of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

3.  In Schedule 2 to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(3) omit the entry relating to the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994 and in the appropriate place—

(a) in the first column insert “The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”;

(b) in the second column insert the S.I. number of these Regulations.

Amendment of the Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 2000

4.  In regulation 1(3) of the Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 2000, omit the words “and the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994, except for regulations 5 and 7,”.

Amendment of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Provision and Use of Work Equipment) Regulations 2006

5.  In the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Provision and Use of Work Equipment) Regulations 2006(4), omit the entry relating to the “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994” and in the appropriate place—

(a) in the first column insert “The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”;

(b) in the second column insert the S.I. number of these Regulations.

Amendment of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007

6.—(1) The Schedule to the Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007(5) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 3, under the heading “Public health and safety”, omit “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994” and in the appropriate place insert “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”;

(3) In Part 8, omit “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994” and in the appropriate place insert “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”;

(4) In Part 13, omit “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994” and in the appropriate place insert “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”.

Amendment of the Co-ordination of Regulatory Enforcement (Regulatory Functions in Scotland and Northern Ireland) Order 2009

7.—(1) The Co-ordination of Regulatory Enforcement (Regulatory Functions in Scotland and Northern Ireland) Order 2009(6) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 4 of Schedule 1, omit “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994” and in the appropriate place insert “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”.

(3) In Part 2 of Schedule 2, omit “Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994” and in the appropriate place insert “The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”.

Amendment of the Building Regulations 2010

8.  In paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Building Regulations 2010(7) for “regulation 9 of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994” substitute “regulation 39 of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”.

Amendment of the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012

9.  In Article 3(b) of the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012(8) for “regulations 5 and 7 of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994” substitute “Schedule 1 to the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016”.

Amendment of the Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014

10.  In the Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014(9), omit paragraphs 56 to 58 of Schedule 3.

Amendment of the Consumer Rights Act 2015

11.  In paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015(10), at the appropriate place insert—

“regulation 41(1) or (2) of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1101 );”.

(1)

S.I, 1994/1768.

(2)

S.I. 1998/2306, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

S.R. 1999/305, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(4)

S.I. 2006/2183, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(5)

S.I. 2007/3544, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(6)

S.I. 2009/669.

(7)

S.I. 2010/2214.

(8)

S.I. 2012/2601.

(9)

S.I. 2014/469.

(10)

2015 c.15.