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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-control-of-interference-from-household-appliances-portable-tools-etc-regulations-1978/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1267",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Household Appliances, Portable Tools etc.) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-control-of-interference-from-household-appliances-portable-tools-etc-regulations-1978",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“B.S.800: 1977” means the British Standard Specification for radio interference limits and measurements for equipment embodying small motors, contacts, control and other devices causing similar interference, B.S.800: 1977, published on 31st August 1977;\n“the Directive” means Council Directive No. 76/889/EEC;\n“lighting dimmer” means any electronic device which controls the light output of an electric lamp and which has a power rating not exceeding 1000 watts.\n(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/562",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Household Appliances, Portable Tools etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1985/808",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Household Appliances, Portable Tools etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1985"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1267/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:30:03.051066+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."
}