Paragraph 2 InterpretationF1

In this schedule—

• “battery” means any source of electrical energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and consisting of one or more primary battery cells (non-rechargeable) or one or more secondary battery cells (rechargeable, an accumulator), but does not include—

  1. (a)

     equipment connected with the protection of essential security interests, arms, munitions and war material, with the exclusion of products that are not intended for specifically military purposes, or

  2. (b)

     equipment designed to be sent into space,

• “treatment” means any activity carried out on waste batteries and accumulators after they have been handed over to a treatment facility for sorting, preparation for recycling or preparation for disposal.