{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-tumble-driers-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-tumble-driers-regulations-1996/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/601",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Information (Tumble Driers) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-tumble-driers-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and regulation 15 (transitional provisions), these Regulations shall apply to household tumble driers.\n(2) These Regulations shall apply only to appliances which are —\n(a) electric mains operated, and\n(b) unable to use other energy sources.\n(3) These Regulations shall not apply—\n(a) to second-hand appliances;\n(b) to appliances of which production ceased before 1st April 1996;\n(c) in respect of the rating plate or its equivalent affixed for safety purposes to an appliance; or\n(d) to combined washer-driers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/601/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:49:47.925311+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."
}