{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-control-of-interference-from-fluorescent-lighting-apparatus-regulations-1978/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-control-of-interference-from-fluorescent-lighting-apparatus-regulations-1978/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1268",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Fluorescent Lighting Apparatus) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-control-of-interference-from-fluorescent-lighting-apparatus-regulations-1978",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“BS 5394: Part I: 1976” means the British Standard Specification for radio interference limits and measurements for lighting equipment, BS 5394: Part I: 1976, published on 30 September 1976;\n“the Directive” means Council Directive No. 76/890/EEC;\n“fluorescent lighting apparatus” means any fluorescent lighting apparatus of which a luminaire forms a part;\n“luminaire” means apparatus which forms, or is designed to form, part of any fluorescent lighting apparatus, which is fitted with a starter and which conveys electricity to a tubular fluorescent lamp and includes any apparatus which supports, fixes or protects the lamp.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/561",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Fluorescent Lighting Apparatus) (Amendment) Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1985/807",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Fluorescent Lighting Apparatus) (Amendment) Regulations 1985"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1268/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:30:02.186818+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."
}