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The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008
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Prohibitions on mercury and cadmiumU.K.
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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; [F3and]
“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 [F4purpose]
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F1Reg. 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))
F2Reg. 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))
F3Word 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)
F4Word 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)
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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).
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