UK Statutory Instrument 1994 United Kingdom

Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994

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What's here

3 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Any Person 1
  • Manufacturer 1

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Schedules

Browse 13 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
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Any plug, socket or adaptor which incorporates any other electrical...

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Any plug or socket forming part of a ceiling–rose connector...

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Any plug or socket forming part of a luminaire comprising...

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Any non–UK plug supplied loose which is manufactured to comply...

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Any non–rewirable or any moulded–on Europlug (that is to say...

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Any travel adaptor (that is to say an adaptor which...

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Any fixed luminaire, being a luminaire which cannot easily be...

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Any ceiling–rose connector (that is to say a connector designed...

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Any electric light designed and intended to be located within...

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Any appliance which is fitted with an rcd plug.

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Any appliance which is fitted with a plug transformer.

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Any appliance which is fitted with a plug other than...

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Any appliance which is intended to be permanently connected to...

s.008

Approval of standard plugs

  • Ensure standard plugs are approved by a notified body Manufacturer
s.009

Refusals, cancellations and the imposition of conditions

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notified body must give notice and allow 28 days for representations before making unfavourable decision on plug approval Statutory regulator
s.012

Prohibitions on supply etc. of appliances

  • Fit all supplied appliances with a standard UK plug and correct fuse Any Person
Browse 10 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.001

Citation, commencement and revocation

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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

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