{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2164",
  "legislation_title": "The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply to—\n(a) all types of batteries, regardless of their shape, volume, weight, material composition or use; and\n(b) all appliances into which a battery is or may be incorporated.\n(2) These Regulations do not apply to batteries used in—\n(a) equipment connected with the protection of essential security interests, such as arms, munitions and war material, and intended for specifically military purposes; or\n(b) equipment designed to be sent into space.\n(3) In paragraph (2)(a)—\n(a) as it applies in England and Wales and Scotland, “essential security interests” means the essential security interests of the United Kingdom;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (N.I.) (17.10.2026) by The Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/1053), regs. 1(2), 19(1) (with reg. 19(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/188, reg. 13(3)(a) (as substituted by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(3), 11(7)(b))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 3(3) inserted by S.I. 2019/188, reg. 13(3)(b) (as substituted by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(3), 11(7)(b))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 3(3)(b) omitted (17.10.2026) by virtue of The Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/1053), regs. 1(2), 20(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2164/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:35:08.991104+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."
}