{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-containing-dangerous-substances-regulations-1994/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/232",
  "legislation_title": "The Batteries and Accumulators (Containing Dangerous Substances) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-containing-dangerous-substances-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, a reference to a battery or accumulator is a reference to a source of electrical energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and consisting of one or more primary (non-rechargeable) batteries or secondary (rechargeable) cells containing—\n(a) either—\n(i) more than 25mg mercury per cell; or\n(ii) in the case of alkaline manganese batteries, more than 0.025% mercury by weight;\n(b) more than 0.025% cadmium by weight; or\n(c) more than 0.4% lead by weight.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“collection” means the gathering, sorting and/or grouping together of spent batteries and accumulators;\n“Community” means the European Community;\n“the Directive” means Council Directive 91/157/EEC on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances;\n“disposal” means any operation, provided that it is applicable to batteries and accumulators, included in Annex II A to the Framework Directive;\n“excluded appliance” means an appliance within the list of categories of appliance contained in Annex II to the Directive and which is set out in Schedule 1 hereto;\n“the Framework Directive” means Council Directive 75/442/EEC as amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC;\n“heavy metal content mark” means, in the case of a battery or accumulator—\n(a) which contains mercury, the chemical symbol “Hg”;\n(b) which contains cadmium, the chemical symbol “Cd”; or\n(c) which contains lead, the chemical symbol “Pb”;\n“market” has the same meaning as in the Directive or the Marking Directive, as the context may require;\n“the Marking Directive” means Commission Directive 93/86/EEC adapting the Directive to technical progress;\n“prohibited battery” has the meaning given by regulation 3(2) below;\n“recovery” means any operation, provided that it is applicable to batteries and accumulators, included in Annex II B to the Framework Directive;\n“relevant heavy metal content mark” in relation to a battery or accumulator means the heavy metal content mark which comprises the chemical symbol which relates to the heavy metal content of that particular battery or accumulator;\n“separate collection mark” means one of the symbols shown in Article 2 of the Marking Directive and which, subject to regulation 4(2)(a) below, are set out as to their forms in Schedule 2 hereto; and\n“spent” in relation to a battery or accumulator means a battery or accumulator which is not re-usable and is intended for recovery or disposal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L78, 26.3.91, p.38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L194, 25.7.75, p.47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L78, 26.3.91, p.32."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No. L264, 23.10.93, p.51."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3097",
      "affecting_title": "The Batteries and Accumulators (Containing Dangerous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3097",
      "affecting_title": "The Batteries and Accumulators (Containing Dangerous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/232/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:41:49.290322+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}