{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-charge-point-regulations-2023/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-charge-point-regulations-2023/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348249873",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-charge-point-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Contactless payment",
  "text": "(1) For a new public charge point with a power of 8 kilowatts or above, a charge point operator must, within one year from the date on which these Regulations come into force, ensure that a person using that charge point is able to pay by contactless payment to charge an electric vehicle.\n(2) For a rapid charge point in operation before the date on which these Regulations come into force, a charge point operator must, within one year from the date on which these Regulations come into force, ensure that a person using that charge point is able to pay by contactless payment to charge an electric vehicle.\n(3) Where an existing charge point becomes a public charge point after the coming into force of these Regulations, a charge point operator must, within one year from the date on which the charge point becomes a public charge point, ensure that a person using that charge point is able to pay by contactless payment to charge an electric vehicle.\n(4) In this regulation—\n(a) “contactless payment” means a payment made at a contactless payment terminal using the contactless payment facility of a payment card that does not require the payer to have entered into a pre-existing contract with the charge point operator;\n(b) “existing charge point” means a charge point with a power of 8 kilowatts or above in operation before these Regulations come into force;\n(c) “new public charge point” means a public charge point installed after the coming into force of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348249873/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:04.543510+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."
}