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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1941",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Efficiency (Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An appliance submitted for verification shall be certified as conforming to the electricity consumption requirements of these Regulations,—\n(a) if its electricity consumption is less than or equal to Emax (the maximum allowable electricity consumption value for its category, as defined in Part I of this Schedule) plus 15%; and\n(b) in any other case, if the arithmetic mean of the electricity consumption of a further three appliances, measured in accordance with Part I of this Schedule, is less than or equal to Emax plus 10%.\n(2) Where the arithmetic mean of the electricity consumption of the three further appliances referred to in paragraph (1)(b) exceeds Emax plus 10%, the appliance shall be judged not to conform to the electricity consumption requirements of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1941/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:40.715628+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."
}