{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electric-vehicles-smart-charge-points-regulations-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electric-vehicles-smart-charge-points-regulations-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-4.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": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Sensitive security parameters",
  "text": "(1) A relevant charge point must be configured so that—\n(a) where security credentials are stored on the relevant charge point, these are protected using robust security measures;\n(b) its software does not use hard-coded security credentials.\n(2) In this paragraph—\n(a) “hard-coded” means data forming part of the relevant charge point’s source code and which is unalterable except by means of modification of the source code;\n(b) “security credentials” means ways of verifying that the relevant charge point is being used or accessed by a person properly authorised to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348228434/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}