The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013

PART 2 U.K. APPLICATION

Application during the transitional period U.K.

5.—(1) During the transitional period, these Regulations apply to EEE that is within the numbered categories set out in Schedule 1.

(2) Schedule 2 is an indicative list of those types of EEE which fall within the numbered categories set out in Schedule 1.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 5 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)

Application from 1st January 2019 U.K.

[F1 6.— (1) From 1st January 2019, subject to regulations 7 and 8, these Regulations apply to all EEE.

(2) Schedule 3 (categories of EEE) has effect.

(3) Schedule 4 is a non-exhaustive list of those types of EEE which fall within each of the numbered categories set out in Schedule 3.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 6 substituted (1.1.2019) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1214), regs. 1, 5

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 6 in force at 1.1.2019, see reg. 1(4)

Exemptions U.K.

7.  These Regulations do not apply to EEE which is—

(a) necessary for the protection of the essential interests of the security of [F2 the United Kingdom], including arms, munitions and war material intended for specifically military purposes;

(b) specifically designed and installed as part of another type of equipment that is excluded from or does not fall within the scope of [F3 these Regulations], which can fulfil its function only if it is part of that equipment;

(c) filament bulbs.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in reg. 7(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 19(4)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in reg. 7(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 19(4)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 7 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)

Exclusions U.K.

8.  These Regulations do not apply to the following EEE—

(a) equipment designed to be sent into space;

(b) large-scale stationary tools;

(c) large-scale fixed installations;

(d) any EEE constituting a means of transport for persons or goods, excluding electric two wheeled vehicles which are not type-approved;

(e) non-road mobile machinery made available exclusively for professional use;

(f) equipment specifically designed solely for the purposes of research and development that is only made available on a business-to-business basis;

(g) medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices, where such devices are expected to be infective prior to end of life, and active implantable medical devices.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 8 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)

First compliance period U.K.

9.  These Regulations will apply in relation to the first compliance period in accordance with the provisions set out in Schedule 5.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 9 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)

[F4 Retained EU law etc] U.K.

10.  Nothing in these Regulations will affect the application of [F5 retained EU law and, in relation to Northern Ireland, EU legislation which has effect by virtue of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement,] imposing requirements on—

(a) safety and health;

(b) chemicals, in particular Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18th December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency;

(c) waste management; or

(d) product design.

Textual Amendments

F4 Reg. 10 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 19(5)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1), 11(12)(e)(i)

F5 Words in reg. 10 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 19(5)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1), 11(12)(e)(ii)

Commencement Information

I6 Reg. 10 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)