Article 1 Scope and interpretationF4
United Kingdom
This Regulation shall apply to portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators placed on the market for the first time 18 months after F130th November 2010 .
F2In paragraph 1, ‘placed on the market’ means supplied or made available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a third party within the Great Britain and includes import into the Great Britain.
This Regulation shall not apply to portable secondary (rechargeable) batteries and accumulators as listed in Annex I.
F3In this Regulation, “appliance” means any electrical or electronic equipment, as defined by Article 3(1)(a) of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), which is fully or partly powered by batteries or accumulators or is capable of being so.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Art. 1(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(2)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, reg. 14(4)(a)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Art. 1(3) inserted by y The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(2)(c) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(3), 14(4)(a)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F4
Art. 1 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(2)(za) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(3), 14(4)(a)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)