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The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1987

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SCHEDULE 1EXCEPTED ELECTRICAL DEVICES

1.  Any plug, socket or adaptor which incorporates any other electrical device (other than a fuse link, switch or indicator light).

2.  Any plug or socket forming part of a ceiling-rose connector (that is to say a connector designed to hold up overhead electric lighting fittings).

3.  Any plug or socket forming part of a luminaire comprising a track system for electric lights and their fittings.

4.  Any Europlug (that is to say a plug described in Standard Sheet XVI to Publication 7 of the International Commission on Rules for the Approval of Electrical Equipment (abbreviated to CEE) as modified by Modification 1 published August 1973) which is marked with or accompanied by a warning that it is not suitable for use in a UK mains socket and, when supplied already connected to any electrical equipment, where the equipment conforms to any standard that provides requirements for it including the use of a Europlug.

5.  Any non-rewireable or any moulded-on Europlug (that is to say any such Europlug the manufacture of which is completed by insulating material moulded around pre-assembled component parts and the terminations of the flexible cable or cord) (whether or not so marked or accompanied) which is designed for the purpose of connecting to an electrical circuit any electrical shaver or toothbrush.

6.  Any travel adaptor (that is to say an adaptor which enables a plug designed for use in the United Kingdom to be connected to a socket used outside the United Kingdom).

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