{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prohibitions on mercury and cadmium",
  "text": "(1) No person shall place on the market—\n(a) a battery that contains more than 0.0005% of mercury by weight;\n(b) a portable battery that contains more than 0.002% of cadmium by weight.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The prohibition in paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to a portable battery intended for use in—\n(a) emergency and alarm systems, including emergency lighting; or\n(b) medical equipment.\n(4) 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.\n(5) In this regulation—\n“portable battery” means any battery or battery pack which is—\n(a)sealed,\n(b)can be hand-carried by an average natural person without difficulty, and\n(c)is neither an automotive battery nor an industrial battery;\n“automotive battery” means any battery used for automotive starter, lighting or ignition power;\n“industrial battery” means any battery or battery pack which is—\n(a)designed exclusively for industrial or professional uses,\n(b)used as a source of power for propulsion in an electric vehicle,\n(c)unsealed but is not an automotive battery, or\n(d)sealed but is not a portable battery; and\n“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 purpose",
  "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": "Reg. 4(2) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/63), regs. 1(2)(a), 3(1) (with reg. 3(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 4(3) substituted (1.1.2017) by The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/63), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(1) (with reg. 4(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(5) inserted (1.1.2017) by The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/63), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(5) substituted (1.1.2017) by The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/63), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2635 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. This instrument implements Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end‑of life vehicles (OJ No. L269, 21.10.2000, p.34)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2164/regulation/4",
    "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."
}