# The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008, Regulation 3: Application

Extent: E+W+S+NI

(1) These Regulations apply to—
(a) all types of batteries, regardless of their shape, volume, weight, material composition or use; and
(b) all appliances into which a battery is or may be incorporated.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to batteries used in—
(a) equipment connected with the protection of essential security interests, such as arms, munitions and war material, and intended for specifically military purposes; or
(b) equipment designed to be sent into space.
(3) In paragraph (2)(a)—
(a) as it applies in England and Wales and Scotland, “essential security interests” means the essential security interests of the United Kingdom;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2164/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008/regulation-3
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