The Energy Information (Lamps) Regulations 1999

Made: 26th May 1999

Laid before Parliament: 9th June 1999

Coming into force: 1st July 1999

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application of Regulations

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Suppliers’ duties in respect of labels

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Suppliers’ duties in respect of product brochures and information notices

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Suppliers’ deemed consent to publication of information

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Suppliers’ responsibility for accuracy of labels and information notices

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Suppliers’ duties in respect of technical documentation

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Dealers’ duties

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Information in respect of mail order and other distance sales

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Misleading information

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Enforcement and offences

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Transitional provision

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SCHEDULE 1 — THE LABEL

Label design

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Information to be included in the label

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Printing

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Colours used

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SCHEDULE 2 — MAIL ORDER AND OTHER DISTANCE SELLING: INFORMATION

The information specified for the purposes of regulation 10(1)(b) is–

• (a) energy efficiency class (determined in accordance with Schedule 3) expressed as “Energy efficiency class …. on a scale of A (more efficient) to G (less efficient).”: but where this information is provided in a table this may be expressed by other means provided that it is clear that the scale is from A (more efficient) to G (less efficient);

• (b) luminous flux of the lamp (in lumens, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards);

• (c) input power (wattage, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards); and,

• (d) subject to regulation 10(2), average rated life of lamp (in hours, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards).

SCHEDULE 3 — ENERGY EFFICIENCY CLASSES

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Lamps shall be classified in class A if:

• Fluorescent lamps without integral ballast (those requiring a ballast and/or other control gear to connect them to the mains)

• $W≤0.15√Φ+0.0097Φ$

• Other lamps

• $W≤0.24√Φ+0.0103Φ$ where Φ is the lumen output of the lamp and W is the power input into the lamp in watts.

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SCHEDULE 4 — OFFENCES, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER MATTERS

PART I — PROVISIONS AS TO OFFENCES

Offences and penalties

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Prosecution of offences

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Defences

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Liability of others

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PART II — PROVISIONS AS TO ENFORCEMENT

Obstruction of authorised officers and false statements

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Power of enforcement authority to require technical documentation

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Test purchases

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Power to enter premises and inspect, seize and detain regulated lamps etc.

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Appeals against detention of regulated lamps etc.

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Compensation for loss etc. of lamps or records seized

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Recovery of expenses of enforcement

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PART III — MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Restrictions on disclosure of information

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Savings for certain privileges

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Saving for civil rights

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Service of documents etc.

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Reports etc.

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Alan Meale — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 1999-05-26

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: See S.I. 1992/1711.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L 297, 13.10.92, p. 16.

[^f00004]: 1985 c. 72, as amended, for Scotland, by paragraph 144 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).

[^f00005]: OJ No. L 109, 26.4.83, p. 8.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L 32, 10.2.96, p. 31.

[^f00007]: OJ No. L 71, 10.3.98, p. 1.

[^f00008]: 1980 c. 43.

[^f00009]: S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

[^f00010]: S.I. 1992/3240.

[^f00011]: 1968 c. 29.

[^f00012]: 1973 c. 41.

[^f00013]: 1974 c. 37.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00015]: 1985 c. 72.

[^f00016]: S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10); to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00017]: 1987 c. 43.

[^f00018]: S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 12); to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00019]: S.I. 1994/3260.

[^f00020]: OJ No. L 250, 19.9.84, p. 17.

[^f00021]: 1978 c. 30.

Information to be included in the label

Printing

Colours used

The information specified for the purposes of regulation 10(1)(b) is–

• (a) energy efficiency class (determined in accordance with Schedule 3) expressed as “Energy efficiency class .... on a scale of A (more efficient) to G (less efficient).": but where this information is provided in a table this may be expressed by other means provided that it is clear that the scale is from A (more efficient) to G (less efficient);

• (b) luminous flux of the lamp (in lumens, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards);

• (c) input power (wattage, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards); and,

• (d) subject to regulation 10(2), average rated life of lamp (in hours, measured in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards).

Editorial notes

Enforcement authority

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Application of Regulations

Suppliers’ duties in respect of labels

Suppliers’ duties in respect of product brochures and information notices

Suppliers’ deemed consent to publication of information

Suppliers’ responsibility for accuracy of labels and information notices

Suppliers’ duties in respect of technical documentation

Dealers’ duties

Information in respect of mail order and other distance sales

Misleading information

Enforcement and offences

Transitional provision

Time limit for prosecution of offences

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Defences

Liability of others

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