The Batteries and Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations,

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,784, 29 ta’ Lulju, 2011

L.N. 311 of 2011

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

The Batteries and Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations,

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 39 of the

Product Safety Act, the Prime Minister, on the advice of the

Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority has made the

following regulations

The title of these regulations is the Batteries and Citation.

Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations, 2011, and they shall be

read and construed as one with the Batteries and Accumulators

Regulations, 2007, hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 311 of 2007.

regulations”.

These regulations implement the provisions of Directive

2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and

accumulators as regards placing batteries and accumulators on the

market.

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) Definitions 5, 6 and 7 of the principal regulations

shall be renumbered as definitions 6, 7 and 8, respectively.

(b) Immediately after definition 4 there shall be added

the following definition:-

“5. “cordless power tool” means any hand held

appliance powered by a battery or accumulator and

intended for maintenance, construction or gardening

activities;”

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