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Electricity Act 1994
sec.13Meaning of electrical equipment
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### sec.13 Meaning of electrical equipment
Electrical equipment is any apparatus, appliance, cable, conductor, fitting, insulator, material, meter or wire—
used for controlling, generating, supplying, transforming or transmitting electricity at a voltage greater than extra low voltage; or
operated by electricity at a voltage greater than extra low voltage; or
that is, or that forms part of, a cathodic protection system.
However, electrical equipment does not include any apparatus, appliance, cable, conductor, fitting, insulator, material, meter or wire forming part of a vehicle if—
it forms part of a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion for the vehicle; or
its source of electricity is a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion for the vehicle.
the headlights of a vehicle
ignition spark plugs of a motor vehicle
the interior lighting system of a vehicle, if powered from a battery charged by the engine that drives the vehicle or by the vehicle’s movement
interior lighting or a socket outlet in a caravan, if the lighting or outlet is operated by a low voltage generating set or connected to low voltage supply
a refrigeration unit in a food delivery vehicle operating at low voltage from a source separate from the propulsion unit for the vehicle
s 13 sub 2002 No. 42 s 242 sch 1
(sec.13-ssec.1) Electrical equipment is any apparatus, appliance, cable, conductor, fitting, insulator, material, meter or wire— used for controlling, generating, supplying, transforming or transmitting electricity at a voltage greater than extra low voltage; or operated by electricity at a voltage greater than extra low voltage; or that is, or that forms part of, a cathodic protection system.
(sec.13-ssec.2) However, electrical equipment does not include any apparatus, appliance, cable, conductor, fitting, insulator, material, meter or wire forming part of a vehicle if— it forms part of a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion for the vehicle; or its source of electricity is a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion for the vehicle. the headlights of a vehicle ignition spark plugs of a motor vehicle the interior lighting system of a vehicle, if powered from a battery charged by the engine that drives the vehicle or by the vehicle’s movement interior lighting or a socket outlet in a caravan, if the lighting or outlet is operated by a low voltage generating set or connected to low voltage supply a refrigeration unit in a food delivery vehicle operating at low voltage from a source separate from the propulsion unit for the vehicle
- (a) used for controlling, generating, supplying, transforming or transmitting electricity at a voltage greater than extra low voltage; or
- (b) operated by electricity at a voltage greater than extra low voltage; or
- (c) that is, or that forms part of, a cathodic protection system.
- (a) it forms part of a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion for the vehicle; or
- (b) its source of electricity is a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion for the vehicle.
- • the headlights of a vehicle
- • ignition spark plugs of a motor vehicle
- • the interior lighting system of a vehicle, if powered from a battery charged by the engine that drives the vehicle or by the vehicle’s movement
- • interior lighting or a socket outlet in a caravan, if the lighting or outlet is operated by a low voltage generating set or connected to low voltage supply
- • a refrigeration unit in a food delivery vehicle operating at low voltage from a source separate from the propulsion unit for the vehicle