{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-washing-machines-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/600",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Information (Washing Machines) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-washing-machines-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used have the same meaning as in the Directives and—\n“appliance” means an applicance to which these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 3 (application);\n“dealer” means a retailer or other person who sells or displays appliances to end-users;\n“the Directives” means Council Directive 92/75/EEC and Commission Directive 95/12/EC;\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(3) of Commission Directive 95/12/EEC.\n“information notice” means—\n(a) subject to paragraph (b), a standard table of information relating to an appliance and complying with regulation 5(2) (form, content and language of information notice);\n(b) in paragraph 9 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 an appliance;\n“label” means—\n(a) subject to paragraph (b), a label relating to an appliance and complying with regulation 4(2) (form, content and language of label);\n(b) in regulation 13 (misleading information) and in paragraph 9 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 an appliance;\n“purchase” includes acquire on hire or on hire-purchase, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“records” includes any books, documents, marks or symbols and any records in non-documentary form;\n“sale” includes hire and hire-purchase, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“supplier” means the manufacturer of an appliance or his authorized representative in the Community or the person who places an appliance on the Community market;\n“third person” means any person other than the 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. L 136, 21.6.95, p.1 and OJ No. L 47, 24.2.96, p.35."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1985 c. 72, as amended by paragraph 144 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/803",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Information (Washing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/803",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Information (Washing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/803",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Information (Washing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "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/1996/600/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:49:48.812798+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."
}