{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-containing-dangerous-substances-regulations-1994/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-containing-dangerous-substances-regulations-1994/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Batteries or accumulators for incorporation into appliances",
  "text": "(1) In relation to an appliance (other than an excluded appliance) into which a battery or accumulator is or, as the case may be, is to be incorporated, the manufacturer of that appliance shall ensure that the battery or accumulator which is or, as the case may be, is to be incorporated therein can be readily removed, when spent, by the consumer.\n(2) An excluded appliance shall be accompanied by instructions which—\n(a) inform the user of the appliance of the content of environmentally hazardous batteries or accumulators contained in the appliance; and\n(b) show how the batteries or accumulators can be removed safely.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/232/regulation/5",
    "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."
}