UK Statutory Instrument SI 1994 United Kingdom

Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person1 Manufacturer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.008 Approval of standard plugs Regulated
  • Ensure standard plugs are approved by a notified bodyManufacturer
s.009 Refusals, cancellations and the imposition of conditions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notified body must give notice and allow 28 days for representations before making unfavourable decision on plug approvalStatutory regulator
s.012 Prohibitions on supply etc. of appliances Regulated
  • Fit all supplied appliances with a standard UK plug and correct fuseAny Person
10 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and revocation
s.002 Revocation
s.003 Interpretation
s.004 Electrical devices to which Part I applies
s.005 Prohibitions on supply etc. of electrical devices
s.006 Requirements for electrical devices
s.007 Appointment of notified bodies other than persons notified under the Low Voltage Directive
s.010 Electrical devices other than standard plugs
s.011 Appliances to which Part II applies
s.013 Information requirements
Schedules

Schedules

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13 other schedules
s.sch001 Any plug, socket or adaptor which incorporates any other electrical...
s.sch001 Any plug or socket forming part of a ceiling–rose connector...
s.sch001 Any plug or socket forming part of a luminaire comprising...
s.sch001 Any non–UK plug supplied loose which is manufactured to comply...
s.sch001 Any non–rewirable or any moulded–on Europlug (that is to say...
s.sch001 Any travel adaptor (that is to say an adaptor which...
s.sch003 Any fixed luminaire, being a luminaire which cannot easily be...
s.sch003 Any ceiling–rose connector (that is to say a connector designed...
s.sch003 Any electric light designed and intended to be located within...
s.sch003 Any appliance which is fitted with an rcd plug.
s.sch003 Any appliance which is fitted with a plug transformer.
s.sch003 Any appliance which is fitted with a plug other than...
s.sch003 Any appliance which is intended to be permanently connected to...

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