{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electric-vehicles-smart-charge-points-regulations-2021/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electric-vehicles-smart-charge-points-regulations-2021/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348228434",
  "legislation_title": "The Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electric-vehicles-smart-charge-points-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Safety",
  "text": "(1) A relevant charge point must be configured so that it will not allow a relevant person to carry out a specified operation where to do so would or may result in a risk to the health or safety of persons.\n(2) In this regulation—\n(a) “relevant person” means the owner, or an end-user of the relevant charge point who is not the owner;\n(b) “specified operation” means—\n(i) overriding, in accordance with regulation 10(3)(a), the default mode of charging during the default charging hours;\n(ii) overriding, in accordance with regulation 10(3)(b), the provision of demand side response services;\n(iii) overriding, in accordance with regulation 11(2)(a), the random delay referred to in regulation 11(1)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348228434/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:46:33.538011+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."
}