{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-dishwashers-regulations-1999/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1676",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Information (Dishwashers) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-dishwashers-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, expressions used which are also used in the Directives have the same meaning as in the Directives and–\n“dealer” means a retailer or other person who offers for sale, displays or sells a regulated dishwasher to end-users;\n“the Directives” means Council Directive 92/75/EEC on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by household appliances and Commission Directive 97/17/EC as amended by Commission Directive 99/9/EC;\n“enforcement action” means the instituting of proceedings (whether criminal or otherwise) for failing to observe or comply with these Regulations;\n“enforcement authority” means–\n(a) in England and Wales and Scotland, a local weights and measures authority within the meaning of section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (local weights and measures authorities); and\n(b) in Northern Ireland, the Department of Economic Development;\n“the harmonised standards” means the standards referred to in article 1(2) of Commission Directive 97/17/EC (measurement of required information), which are technical specifications (European standards of harmonisation documents) adopted by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (“Cenelec”) on the basis of–\n(a) a mandate from the Commission in accordance with Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28th March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations as last amended by Commission Directive 96/139/EC, and\n(b) the general guidelines for co-operation between the Commission, Cenelec and the European Committee for Standardisation signed on 13th November 1984;\n“information notice” means–\n(a) subject to paragraph (b), a standard table of information relating to a regulated dishwasher and complying with regulation 5(2) (form, content and language of information notice);\n(b) in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 (power of enforcement authority to require technical documentation), a standard table of information relating to the energy consumption and allied design and performance characteristics of a regulated dishwasher;\n“label” means–\n(a) subject to paragraph (b), a label relating to a regulated dishwasher and complying with regulation 4(2) (form, content and language of label);\n(b) in regulation 11 (misleading information) and in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 (power of enforcement authority to require technical documentation), a label relating to the energy consumption and allied design and performance characteristics of a regulated dishwasher;\n“purchase” includes acquire on hire or on hire-purchase;\n“regulated dishwasher” means any household dishwasher which is–\n(a) electric mains operated, and\n(b) unable to use other energy sources, even where marketed for non-household use;\n“records” includes any books, documents, marks or symbols and any records in non-documentary form;\n“sale” includes hire and hire-purchase;\n“supplier” means the manufacturer of a regulated dishwasher or his authorised representative in the Community or the person who places the dishwasher on the Community market;\n“third person” means any person other than one against whom enforcement action may be or has been taken under these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L297, 13.10.92, p. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L118, 7.5.97, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L56, 4.3.99, p. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1985 c. 72, as amended by paragraph 144 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No. L109, 26.4.83, p. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ No. L32, 10.2.96, p. 31."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/2559",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/2559",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1676/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:35:29.926529+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."
}