Regulation 4 Prohibitions on mercury and cadmiumF1

No person shall place on the market—

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The prohibition in paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to a portable battery intended for use in—

This regulation does not apply to a battery which is a component of a vehicle for the purposes of regulation 6 of the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003^f1.

In this regulation—

• “portable battery” means any battery or battery pack which is—

  1. (a)

     sealed,

  2. (b)

     can be hand-carried by an average natural person without difficulty, and

  3. (c)

     is neither an automotive battery nor an industrial battery;

• “automotive battery” means any battery used for automotive starter, lighting or ignition power;

• “industrial battery” means any battery or battery pack which is—

  1. (a)

     designed exclusively for industrial or professional uses,

  2. (b)

     used as a source of power for propulsion in an electric vehicle,

  3. (c)

     unsealed but is not an automotive battery, or

  4. (d)

     sealed but is not a portable battery; F4and

• “electric vehicle” means a vehicle which uses electricity as a source of power for propulsion and includes a vehicle which in addition uses, or is capable of using, other sources of power for this F5purpose