{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electrical-equipment-safety-regulations-2016/regulation-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electrical-equipment-safety-regulations-2016/regulation-35.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1101",
  "legislation_title": "The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electrical-equipment-safety-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/35",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Safe connection of electrical equipment intended for use in the United Kingdom",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to electrical equipment intended for domestic use in the United Kingdom and made available by an economic operator for that purpose.\n(2) Where the electrical equipment is a plug in device intended to be connected, without the use of a mains lead or plug, directly to the United Kingdom public electricity supply via a socket outlet conforming to BS 1363, the economic operator must ensure that the plug in device is compatible with socket outlets conforming to BS 1363.\n(3) Where the electrical equipment has a flexible lead and plug assembly and is intended to be connected to the United Kingdom public electricity supply by means of a socket outlet conforming to BS 1363, the economic operator must ensure that that plug assembly—\n(a) is a correctly fitted standard plug; or\n(b) is—\n(i) a correctly fitted non-UK plug, conforming to the safety provisions of IEC 884-1 and correctly fitted with a compatible conversion plug; and\n(ii) fitted with a fuse link which conforms to BS 1362 and which is rated in accordance with the electrical equipment manufacturer's instructions.\n(4) In this regulation, “socket”, “BS 1363”, “standard plug”, “non-UK plug”, “IEC 884-1”, “conversion plug”, “fuse link” and “BS 1362” have the meanings given in the Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994 .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/1768 amended by S.I. 2011/1043."
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1101/regulation/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:12.052479+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."
}