{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plugs-and-sockets-etc-safety-regulations-1987/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plugs-and-sockets-etc-safety-regulations-1987/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/603",
  "legislation_title": "The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plugs-and-sockets-etc-safety-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Electrical devices to which the Regulations apply",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, these Regulations apply to the following devices namely any plug, socket or adaptor designed for domestic use at a voltage of not less than 50 volts, to any fuse link which is suitable for use in any such plug being a standard plug and to any cartridge fuse link which is suitable for use in other such plugs and adaptors but do not apply to any electrical device specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.\n(2) These Regulations do not apply to any plug or socket inside or forming an integral part of electrical equipment which is so designed that the plug is not capable of being engaged with or disengaged from the socket without something first being done to the equipment which requires the use of tools.\n(3) In the case of a plug or socket inside or forming an integral part of electrical equipment and required to conform to a British Standard referred to in Schedule 3 to these Regulations, the Regulations only apply to the extent that it is practicable to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/603/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:28:44.600632+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."
}