{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/890",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Take back",
  "text": "(1) A distributor of portable batteries must, at any place it supplies such batteries to end-users,—\n(a) take back waste portable batteries at no charge; and\n(b) inform end-users about the possibility of such take back at the distributor's sales points.\n(2) A distributor may not—\n(a) make any charge to end-users; or\n(b) oblige end-users to buy a new battery,\nwhen accepting waste portable batteries under paragraph (1)(a).\n(3) The duty in paragraph (1) does not apply where portable batteries are supplied by a small distributor.\n(4) A distributor must not dispose of, or arrange for the disposal of, waste portable batteries accepted under paragraph (1)(a).\n(5) In this regulation “small distributor” means a distributor who supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/890/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:13:11.355365+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."
}