The Energy Information (Lamps) Regulations 1999

Regulation 2(1); definition of “label”

SCHEDULE 1 THE LABEL

Label design

1.  Subject to paragraph 2, the label shall be chosen from the illustrations in Figure 1 and shall include the information referred to in paragraph 3.

2.—(1) Where the label is not printed on the packaging but a separate label is placed on, or attached to, the packaging, the colour version shall be used.

(2) If the “black on white” version of the label is used, the printing and background may be in any colours that preserve the legibility of the label.

Figure 1

Information to be included in the label

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) and paragraph 4, the label shall include information as to–

(a) the energy efficiency class of the lamp, determined in accordance with Schedule 3;

(b) the luminous flux of the lamp in lumens, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards;

(c) the input power (wattage) of the lamp, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards;

(d) the average rated life of the lamp in hours, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards.

(2) The indicator letter relevant to the information referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall be placed at the same level as the relevant arrow.

(3) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d) may be omitted where no other information on the life of the lamp is included on the packaging.

4.  Where the information referred to in paragraph 3(1)(b), (c) and, where applicable, (d) is included elsewhere on the packaging of the lamp, it may be omitted from the label, as may the box that contains it; and the label shall then be chosen from those in Figure 2.

Figure 2

Printing

5.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the label shall be printed in conformity with the measurements, fonts and font sizes shown in Figure 3, and shall be contained in a blank border of at least 2mm as shown.

(2) Where no side of the packaging is large enough to contain the label and the blank border, or where this would cover more than 50% of the surface area of the largest side, the label and border may be reduced but–

(a) by no more than is required to meet both these conditions; and

(b) not to less than 40% (by length) of its standard size.

Figure 3

Colours used

6.  Colours are to be used on the label in accordance with the following–

• Colour version:

• CMYB—cyan, magenta, yellow, black.

• Example: 07X0: 0% cyan, 70% magenta, 100% yellow, 0% black.

• Arrows:

• A: X0X0,

• B: 70X0,

• C: 30X0,

• D: 00X0,

• E: 03X0,

• F: 07X0,

• G: 0XX0.

• Outline colour X070.

• All text is in black. The background is white.

Regulation 10(1)(b)

SCHEDULE 2 MAIL ORDER AND OTHER DISTANCE SELLING: INFORMATION

The information specified for the purposes of regulation 10(1)(b) is–

(a) energy efficiency class (determined in accordance with Schedule 3) expressed as “Energy efficiency class …. on a scale of A (more efficient) to G (less efficient).”: but where this information is provided in a table this may be expressed by other means provided that it is clear that the scale is from A (more efficient) to G (less efficient);

(b) luminous flux of the lamp (in lumens, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards);

(c) input power (wattage, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards); and,

(d) subject to regulation 10(2), average rated life of lamp (in hours, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards).

Schedule 1, paragraph 3(1)(a)

SCHEDULE 3 ENERGY EFFICIENCY CLASSES

1.  Lamps shall be classified in class A if:

• Fluorescent lamps without integral ballast (those requiring a ballast and/or other control gear to connect them to the mains)

• W≤0.15√Φ + 0.0097Φ

• Other lamps

• W≤0.24√Φ + 0.0103Φ

  where

  • Φ is the lumen output of the lamp

  • and W is the power input into the lamp in watts.

2.  If a lamp is not classified in class A, a reference wattage W_R: shall be calculated as follows:

• W_R = 0.88√Φ + 0.049Φ,whenΦ>34lumens

  

  where

  • Φ is the lumen output of the lamp.

• An energy efficiency index El is then set as

• 

  where

  • W is the power input into the lamp in watts.

• The energy efficiency classes are then set in accordance with the following table:

  Energy efficiency class	Energy efficiency index E1
  B	E1 < 60%
  C	60% ≤ E1 < 80%
  D	80% ≤ E1 < 95%
  E	95% ≤ E1 < 110%
  F	110% ≤ E1 < 130%
  G	130% ≤ E1

Regulation 12(3)

SCHEDULE 4 OFFENCES, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER MATTERS

PART I PROVISIONS AS TO OFFENCES

Offences and penalties

1.—(1) It shall be an offence to contravene or fail to comply with–

regulation 4 (suppliers' duties in respect of labels);

regulation 5 (suppliers' duties in respect of product brochures and information notices);

regulation 8 (suppliers' duties in respect of technical documentation);

regulation 9 (dealers' duties);

regulation 10 (mail order and other distance sales);

regulation 11 (misleading information);

paragraph 5 of this Schedule (obstruction of authorised officers and false statements);

paragraph 6 of this Schedule (power of enforcement authority to require technical documentation);

paragraph 8(8) of this Schedule (prohibition of purported search and seizure by unauthorised person); or

paragraph 12(1) of this Schedule (restrictions on disclosure of information).

(2) A person guilty of the offence of contravening paragraph 12(1) of this Schedule shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

(3) A person guilty of any other offence specified in sub-paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Prosecution of offences

2.  Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations shall not be instituted–

(a) in England and Wales, except by an enforcement authority; and

(b) in Northern Ireland, except by or on behalf of the enforcement authority or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

Defences

3.—(1) In proceedings against a person for an offence under these Regulations, it shall be a defence for that person to show that he believed that these Regulations did not apply and he had no reasonable grounds for believing that these Regulations might apply.

(2) In proceedings against a person for an offence under these Regulations it shall be a defence for that person to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.

Liability of others

4.—(1) Where the commission by any person of an offence under these Regulations is due to an act or default committed by some other person in the course of any business of his, that other person shall be guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and punished by virtue of this sub-paragraph whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.

(2) Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations (including where it is so guilty by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)) in respect of any act or default which is shown to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(3) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, sub-paragraph (2) shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.

(4) Where a Scottish partnership is guilty of an offence under these Regulations (including where it is so guilty by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)) in respect of any act or default which is shown to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner in the partnership, he, as well as the partnership, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

PART II PROVISIONS AS TO ENFORCEMENT

Obstruction of authorised officers and false statements

5.—(1) A person shall not–

(a) intentionally obstruct a duly authorised officer of an enforcement authority acting in pursuance of any provision of these Regulations; or

(b) intentionally fail to comply with any requirement properly made to him by such an officer under any provision of these Regulations; or

(c) without reasonable cause fail to give any such officer of an enforcement authority who is so acting any other assistance or information which he may reasonably require of him for the purposes of the exercise of the officer’s functions under any provision of these Regulations.

(2) A person shall not, in giving any information which is required of him by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(c)–

(a) make any statement which he knows is false in a material particular; or

(b) recklessly make a statement which is false in a material particular.

Power of enforcement authority to require technical documentation

6.  Where an enforcement authority has reason to suspect that the information given on a label or in an information notice is incorrect, the authority may require the supplier of the lamp to which the label or information notice refers, to furnish to the authority, within such reasonable time as may be specified in the notice, such technical documentation within the meaning of regulation 8 (suppliers' duties in respect of technical documentation) as the authority considers appropriate.

Test purchases

7.—(1) An enforcement authority shall have power, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any provision of these Regulations has been contravened, to purchase, or to authorise an officer of the authority to purchase, any regulated lamp.

(2) Where–

(a) a regulated lamp purchased under this paragraph by or on behalf of an enforcement authority is submitted to a test; and

(b) the test leads to the bringing of proceedings in respect of an offence under these Regulations; and

(c) the authority is requested to do so and it is practicable for the authority to comply with the request,

the authority shall allow the person from whom the lamp was purchased or any person who is a party to the proceedings or has an interest in the lamp to have the lamp tested.

(3) A test of a regulated lamp purchased under this paragraph, or seized and detained under paragraph 8 (power to enter premises and inspect, seize and detail regulated lamps etc.), shall be carried out in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards.

Power to enter premises and inspect, seize and detain regulated lamps etc.

8.—(1) A duly authorised officer of an enforcement authority may, at all reasonable hours and on–

(a) identifying himself and producing authority in writing from the enforcement authority which appointed him for the exercise by him of powers conferred on the authority by these Regulations, and

(b) stating the purpose of his actions and his grounds for undertaking them,

exercise any of the powers set out in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The powers referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are–

(a) he may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether an offence under these Regulations has been committed, inspect any regulated lamp and enter any premises other than premises used only as a dwelling;

(b) if he has reasonable cause to suspect that an offence under these Regulations has been committed, he may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it has been committed, require any person carrying on or employed in connection with a business to produce any records relating to the regulated lamp in question and he may take copies of, or of any entry in, those records;

(c) if he has reasonable cause to suspect that an offence under these Regulations has been committed, he may seize and detain any regulated lamp for the purpose of ascertaining, by testing or otherwise, whether the offence has been committed;

(d) he may seize and detain any regulated lamp or records which he has reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings for an offence under these Regulations;

(e) he may, for the purpose of exercising his powers of seizure under this sub-paragraph, but only if and to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in order to secure that the provisions of these Regulations are duly observed, require any person having authority to do so to break open any container and, if that person does not comply with the requirement or if there is no person present having authority to open it, he may do so himself.

(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (b) and (d) of sub-paragraph (2), the officer may require information stored electronically to be made available to him in printed form.

(4) If a justice of the peace is satisfied by any written information on oath–

(a) that there are reasonable grounds for believing either–

(i) that any regulated lamp or records, which a duly authorised officer has power under this paragraph to inspect, copy, seize or require to be produced, are on any premises and that their inspection, copying, seizure or production is likely to disclose evidence of the commission of an offence under these Regulations; or

(ii) that any offence under these Regulations has been, is being or is about to be committed on any premises; and

(b) either–

(i) that admission to the premises has been or is likely to be refused and that notice of intention to apply for a warrant under this sub-paragraph has been given to the occupier; or

(ii) that an application for admission, or the giving of such a notice, would defeat the object of the entry or that the premises are unoccupied or that the occupier is temporarily absent and it might defeat the object of the entry to await his return,

the justice may by warrant under his hand, which shall continue in force for a period of one month, authorise an officer of an enforcement authority to enter the premises, if need be by force.

(5) An officer entering any premises by authority of a warrant granted under sub-paragraph (4) shall, if the occupier is present, give to the occupier or, if the occupier is temporarily absent, leave in a prominent place on the premises or appropriate part of the premises a notice in writing–

(a) summarising the officer’s powers of seizure and detention of regulated lamps and records under this paragraph;

(b) explaining that compensation may be payable for damage caused in entering premises and seizing and removing regulated lamps and records therefrom, and giving the address to which an application for compensation should be directed; and

(c) indicating at which office of the enforcement authority and within which hours a copy of these Regulations is available to be consulted.

(6) An officer entering any premises by virtue of this paragraph may take with him such other persons and such equipment as may appear to him necessary; and on leaving any premises which he has entered by virtue of a warrant he shall, if the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, leave them as effectively secured against trespassers as he found them.

(7) An officer exercising any power of seizure and detention under this paragraph shall as soon as practicable give to the person against whom the power has been exercised, a written notice–

(a) stating precisely what has been so seized and detained; and

(b) explaining where, within what period and on what grounds an appeal against such detention may be brought under paragraph 9 (appeals against detention of regulated lamps etc.), and whether the things detained would be released while an appeal were pending.

(8) A person who is not a duly authorised officer of an enforcement authority shall not purport to act as such under this paragraph.

(9) In the application of this paragraph to Scotland, the reference in sub-paragraph (4) to a justice of the peace shall include a reference to a sheriff and the references to written information on oath shall be construed as references to evidence on oath.

(10) In the application of this paragraph to Northern Ireland, the references in sub-paragraph (4) to any information on oath shall be construed as references to any complaint on oath.

Appeals against detention of regulated lamps etc.

9.—(1) Any person having an interest in any regulated lamp or records which are for the time being detained under paragraph 8 (power to enter premises and inspect, seize and detain regulated lamps etc.) by an enforcement authority or by a duly authorised officer of an enforcement authority may apply for an order requiring the lamp or records to be released to him or to another person.

(2) An application under this paragraph may be made–

(a) to any magistrates' court in which proceedings have been brought in England and Wales or Northern Ireland for an offence in respect of a contravention of any provision of these Regulations in relation to the lamp or records;

(b) where no such proceedings have been so brought, by way of complaint to a magistrates' court; or

(c) in Scotland, by summary application to the sheriff.

(3) A magistrates' court or the sheriff shall not make an order under sub-paragraph (1) unless the court or sheriff is satisfied–

(a) that proceedings have not been brought for an offence in respect of a contravention of any provision of these Regulations in relation to the lamp or records; and

(b) that more than twelve months have elapsed since the seizure was carried out.

(4) Any person aggrieved by an order made under this paragraph by a magistrates' court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, or by a decision of such a court not to make such an order, may appeal against that order or decision–

(a) in England and Wales, to the Crown Court;

(b) in Northern Ireland, to a county court;

and an order so made may contain such provision as appears to the court to be appropriate for delaying the coming into force of the order pending the making and determination of any appeal (including any application under section 111 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(1) or article 146 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (statement of case)(2).

Compensation for loss etc. of lamps or records seized

10.—(1) Where a duly authorised officer of an enforcement authority exercises any power under paragraph 8 (power to enter premises and inspect, seize and detain regulated lamps etc.) to seize and detain any lamp or records, the enforcement authority shall be liable to pay compensation to any person having an interest in the lamp or records in respect of any loss or damage caused by the exercise of the power if–

(a) there has been no contravention of any provision of these Regulations in relation to the lamp, or records; and

(b) the exercise of the power is not attributable to any neglect or default by that person.

(2) Any disputed question as to the right to or the amount of any compensation payable under this paragraph shall be determined by arbitration or, in Scotland, by a single arbiter appointed, failing agreement between the parties, by the sheriff.

Recovery of expenses of enforcement

11.—(1) This paragraph shall apply where a court convicts a person of an offence in respect of a contravention of any provision of these Regulations in relation to any regulated lamp or records.

(2) The court may (in addition to any other order it may make as to costs and expenses) order the person convicted to reimburse an enforcement authority for any expenditure which has been or may be incurred by that authority in connection with any seizure or detention by or on behalf of the authority of the lamp or records.

PART III MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Restrictions on disclosure of information

12.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person shall not disclose any information–

(a) which was obtained by him in consequence of its being given to any person in compliance with any requirement imposed by these Regulations; or

(b) which consists in a secret manufacturing process or trade secret and was obtained by him in consequence of the exercise by any person of any power or duty conferred by these Regulations.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to a disclosure of information if the information is publicised information or the disclosure is made–

(a) for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of a relevant person’s functions under these Regulations or any enactment or subordinate legislation mentioned in sub-paragraph (3);

(b) in pursuance of a Community obligation;

(c) in connection with the investigation of any criminal offence or for the purposes of any civil or criminal proceedings; or

(d) in pursuance of regulation 3 of the Environmental Information Regulations 1992(3).

(3) The enactments and subordinate legislation referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a) are–

(a) the Trade Descriptions Act 1968(4);

(b) Parts II and III and section 125 of the Fair Trading Act 1973(5);

(c) the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(6) or within the meaning of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(7);

(d) the Weights and Measures Act 1985(8);

(e) the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(9);

(f) the Consumer Protection Act 1987(10);

(g) the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(11);

(h) the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994(12); and

(i) any subordinate legislation made for the purpose of securing compliance with the Directive of the Council of the European Communities, dated 10th September 1984 (No. 84/450/EEC) on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the member States concerning misleading advertising(13).

(4) In sub-paragraph (2)(a) the reference to a person’s functions shall include a reference to any function of making, amending or revoking any regulations or order.

(5) In this paragraph–

“publicised information” means any information which has been disclosed in any civil or criminal proceedings; and

“relevant person” means any of the following, that is to say–

(a)

a Minister of the Crown, Government department or Northern Ireland department;

(b)

the Director General of Fair Trading;

(c)

the Health and Safety Executive;

(d)

an enforcement authority;

(e)

any person who is charged with enforcing any of the enactments and subordinate legislation referred to in sub-paragraph (3).

Savings for certain privileges

13.  Save for paragraph 6 (power of enforcement authority to require technical documentation), nothing in these Regulations shall be taken as requiring any person–

(a) to produce any records if he would be entitled to refuse to produce those records in any proceedings in any court on the grounds that they are the subject of legal professional privilege or, in Scotland, that they contain a confidential communication made by or to an advocate or solicitor in that capacity, or as authorising any person to take possession of any records which are in the possession of a person who would be so entitled; or

(b) to answer any question or give any information if to do so would incriminate that person or that person’s spouse.

Saving for civil rights

14.  A contract for the supply of regulated lamps shall not be void or unenforceable by reason only of a contravention of any provision of these Regulations.

Service of documents etc.

15.—(1) Any document required or authorised by virtue of these Regulations to be served on a person may be so served–

(a) by delivering it to him or leaving it at his proper address or by sending it by post to him at that address; or

(b) if the person is a body corporate, by serving it in accordance with paragraph (a) on the secretary or clerk of that body; or

(c) if the person is a partnership, by serving it in accordance with that sub-paragraph on a partner or on a person having control or management of the partnership business.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), and for the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978(14) (which relates to the service of documents by post) in its application to that paragraph, the proper address of any person on whom a document is to be served by virtue of these Regulations shall be his last known address except that–

(a) in the case of service on a body corporate or its secretary or clerk, it shall be the address of the registered or principal office of the body corporate;

(b) in the case of service on a partnership or a partner or a person having the control or management of a partnership business, it shall be the principal office of the partnership;

and for the purposes of this paragraph the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom is its principal office within the United Kingdom.

Reports etc.

16.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State at least once in every five years to lay before each House of Parliament a report on the exercise during the period to which the report relates of the functions which under these Regulations are exercisable by enforcement authorities.

(2) The Secretary of State may from time to time prepare and lay before each House Parliament such other reports on the exercise of those functions as he considers appropriate.

(3) Every enforcement authority shall, whenever the Secretary of State so directs, make a report to the Secretary of State on the exercise of the functions exercisable by that authority under these Regulations.

(4) A report under sub-paragraph (3) shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as are specified in the direction of the Secretary of State.

(1)

1980 c. 43.

(2)

S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

(3)

S.I. 1992/3240.

(4)

1968 c. 29.

(5)

1973 c. 41.

(6)

1974 c. 37.

(7)

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(8)

1985 c. 72.

(9)

S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10); to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(10)

1987 c. 43.

(11)

S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 12); to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(12)

S.I. 1994/3260.

(13)

OJ No. L 250, 19.9.84, p. 17.

(14)

1978 c. 30.