{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-containing-dangerous-substances-regulations-1994/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-containing-dangerous-substances-regulations-1994/regulation-3.json",
  "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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition on marketing of certain types of batteries",
  "text": "(1) No person shall market a prohibited battery.\n(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, “prohibited battery” means—\n(a) an alkaline manganese battery which contains more than 0.025% of mercury by weight; or\n(b) in the case of an alkaline manganese battery for prolonged use in extreme conditions, which contains more than 0.05% of mercury by weight,\nbut in the case of either (a) or (b) above excludes alkaline manganese button cells or batteries composed of button cells.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) above, “extreme conditions” includes, but without prejudice to the generality of the expression, temperatures below 0 degrees Centigrade or above 50 degrees Centigrade or where that battery is likely to be exposed to shocks.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "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/3",
    "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."
}