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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-and-energy-information-regulations-2021/regulation-38",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348222920",
  "legislation_title": "The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-and-energy-information-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/38",
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  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Software updates",
  "text": "(1) The energy consumption of the product and any of the other declared parameters must not deteriorate after a software or firmware update when measured with the same test standard originally used for the declaration of conformity, except with explicit consent of the end-user prior to update.\n(2) The performance of a product must not change as a result of rejecting a software update.\n(3) A software update must not have the effect of changing the product’s performance in a way that makes it non-compliant with the ecodesign requirements applicable for the declaration of conformity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348222920/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:21.902040+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."
}