UK Statutory Instrument SI 2008 United Kingdom

Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008

These Regulations partially implement Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Council Directive 91/157/EEC (OJ No. L266, 26.9.2006, p.1) (“the Directive”). The following provisions of the Directive are transposed in these Regulations: Articles 4, 6(2), 11 …

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Enforced by
Environment Agency, OPSS
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 3 of 8 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 5 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

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Any Person5

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Part 1

Preliminary

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3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Application (opens in a new tab)
Part 2

Prohibitions and labelling requirements

3 of 5 sections shown
s.005 Capacity Labelling Regulated
  • Label rechargeable and automotive batteries with their capacityAny Person
s.005 Marking with crossed out wheeled bin symbol (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Mark batteries with the crossed-out wheeled bin symbolAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.006 Marking with mercury, cadmium and lead symbols (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Label batteries containing mercury, cadmium, or leadAny Person
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.004 Prohibitions on mercury and cadmium (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Appliances into which batteries are or may be incorporated (opens in a new tab)
Part 3

Enforcement

4 of 15 sections shown
s.008 Enforcement authority (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must enforce battery market regulationsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.015 Offences (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Breaching battery market regulations or obstructing enforcementAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.018 Recovery of expenses of enforcement (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Courts may order you to pay government investigation and testing costsTribunal / Court
s.021 Liability of persons other than the principal offender (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Cause another person to breach battery regulationsAny Person

Unlimited fine

11 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.009 Test purchases (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Power to require production of documents and information by notice (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Further powers to obtain evidence (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Powers of entry: supplementary (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Compliance notice (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Enforcement notice (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Penalties (opens in a new tab)
s.017 Power of the court to require matters to be remedied (opens in a new tab)
s.019 Commencement of proceedings (opens in a new tab)
s.020 Defence of due diligence (opens in a new tab)
s.022 Service of documents (opens in a new tab)
Part 4

Miscellaneous

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s.026 Review (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must review battery regulations every five yearsCrown / Minister / Government department
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.023 Restrictions on enforcement powers and use of certain evidence under them (opens in a new tab)
s.024 Amendment of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2004 (opens in a new tab)
s.025 Revocations (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

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1 other schedule
s.001 Crossed out wheeled bin symbol (opens in a new tab)

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