{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-containing-dangerous-substances-regulations-1994/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-containing-dangerous-substances-regulations-1994/schedule-3/paragraph-1.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": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The separate collection mark shall cover 3% of the area of the largest side of the battery or accumulator, up to a maximum size of 5 cm × 5 cm. For cylindrical cells the mark shall cover 3% of half the surface area of the battery or accumulator and shall have a maximum size of 5 cm × 5 cm.\nWhere the size of the battery or accumulator is such that the mark would be smaller than 0.5 cm × 0.5 cm, the battery or accumulator need not be marked but a separate collection mark measuring 1 cm × 1 cm shall be printed on the packaging.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/232/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}