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#### 6 High risk battery articles subject to Act
6 High risk battery articles subject to Act
> > (1) The Secretary may, by order published in the Gazette, declare a battery article, or a battery article of a class, specified or described in the order to be a high risk battery article for the purposes of this section.
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> > Editorial note—
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> > For orders published in the Gazette under this subsection, see Gazettes No 93 of 23.8.2019, n2019-2497 and No 119 of 11.10.2019, n2019-3119. From April 2021, PCO is no longer updating notes in provisions of in force titles about related gazette notices. To search for related gazette notices, please use the Gazette Search functionality.
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> > (2) Except as otherwise provided by this Act or the regulations—
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> > > (a) this Act applies to a high risk battery article in the same way that it applies to an electrical article, and
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> > > (b) accordingly, a reference in this Act to an electrical article is taken to include a reference to a high risk battery article.
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> > (3) The Secretary may combine an order under this section with an order under section 12 that relates to the same article.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > battery article means—
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> > > (a) a rechargeable battery or any of its components, or
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> > > (b) an article that incorporates a rechargeable battery as a power source for the article.