{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plugs-and-sockets-etc-safety-regulations-1987/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plugs-and-sockets-etc-safety-regulations-1987/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Standard plugs",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a standard plug shall be of a kind approved by a specified person.\n(2) Until 31st August 1988 a standard plug shall conform to British Standard 1363: 1984 referred to in Schedule 3 to these Regulations or shall provide an equivalent level of safety to those which do so conform.\n(3) A standard plug shall not contain or be accompanied by a fuse link other than one which conforms to British Standard 1362: 1973 referred to in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}