Regulation 3 Refrigerators and Freezers, Washing Machines, Tumble Driers and Combined Washer-driers—miscellaneous

United Kingdom

(1)

The Refrigerators and Freezers Regulations, the Washing Machines Regulations, the Tumble Driers Regulations and the Combined Washer-driers Regulations are amended as follows—

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

in the definition of “dealer”, for “sells or displays”, substitute “offers for sale, displays or sells”; and

(b)

at the end of the definition of “the harmonised standards”, add

“which are technical specifications (European standards or harmonisation documents) adopted by the European Committee of Electrotechnical Standardisation (“CENELEC”) on the basis of—

(i)

a mandate from the Commission in accordance with Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations^f1, as last amended by Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and the Council^f2; and

(ii)

the general guidelines for co-operation between the Commission, CENELEC and the European Committee for Standardisation signed on 13 November 1984.”.

(3)

For regulation 4(1) (suppliers' duty in respect of labels), substitute—

“(1)

A supplier of an appliance shall supply free of charge to a dealer a label in respect of the applicance which complies with paragraph (2).”.

(4)

For regulation 7 (suppliers to be responsible for accuracy of labels and information notices), substitute—

“7.

The supplier (and no other person) shall be responsible for the accuracy of the information given on a label or in an information notice.”.

(5)

In regulation 9 (dealers' duty in respect of displayed appliances), for the words from “Subject” to “end-users”, substitute “A dealer who displays or offers for sale an appliance”.

(6)

Omit regulations 10 (dealers' duty in respect of information notices) and 11 (extent of dealers' duties under regulations 9 and 10).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L109.26.4.83, p. 8.
f2: OJ No. L217 5.8.98. p. 18.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: Regulations revoked (in part) (1.7.2004) by The Energy Information (Household Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1468), regs. 1, 17(1) (with regs. 16, 17(2))