S.L. 427.51 Art. 6Essential requirements for electrical equipment fitted with accessories.

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), subregulations (3), (4), (5), (6)(a) to (d), (7) and (8) shall apply to any electrical equipment which -

(a) is designed to operate at a maximum rated input current of not more than 13 amperes; and

(b) is designed to be connected by means of a flexible cable or cord and plug, or itself mainly comprises a flexible cable or cord designed to be connected by means of a plug, to a socket-outlet conforming to MSA BS 1363, and

(c) is ordinarily intended for domestic use.

(2) Subregulations (3), (4), (5), (6)(a) to (d), (7) and (8) shall not apply to any electrical equipment, within the meaning of regulation 6(1), specified in Schedule III.

(3) Subject to the provisions of subregulations (4), (5), (6)(a) to (d), (7) and (8), no person shall supply, offer for supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply any electrical equipment unless that equipment is correctly fitted with a standard plug which -

(a) complies with the requirements of regulation 5(4), (5), (6)(a) and (b), and (7)(a) to (d); and

(b) is fitted with a suitably rated fuse link which conforms to MSA BS 1362.

(4) Subregulation (3) shall not prohibit any person from supplying, offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply or possessing for supply any appliance which does not comply with the requirements of that subregulation but which -

(a) is correctly fitted with a non-Maltese plug which complies with the safety provisions of IEC 60884-1; and

(b) is fitted with a conversion plug which complies with the requirements of subregulation (5) and can only be removed by the use of a tool.

(5) For the purposes of subregulation (4) and subject to the provisions of subregulations (6) and (7), a conversion plug shall be of a type approved by a conformity assessment body for use in conjunction with a non-Maltese plug which complies with the safety provisions of IEC 60884-l, and in respect of which such approval has not been cancelled, and in determining applications made to it for such approval the conformity assessment body shall not grant such approval unless it is satisfied -

(a) that, when used in conjunction with such a non-Maltese plug and when connected to a mains socket-outlet that -

(i) conforms to BS 1363 and,

(ii) forms part of or is otherwise electrically connected to a domestic electrical installation in Malta, conversion plugs of that type provide a level of safety equivalent to a standard plug which satisfies the requirements of regulation 5(4), (5), (6)(a) and (b), (7)

(a) to (d); and

(b) by means of inspection or testing of samples, that the manufacturer of the conversion plug may reasonably be expected to ensure that normal production and design of the conversion plug will result in conversion plugs of that type corresponding with the samples.

(6) (a) Subject to paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), an approval of a type of conversion plug granted by a conformity assessment body may be unconditional or subject to such conditions, which must be complied with if the approval is to apply, as the body considers appropriate in relation to the approval of the type of conversion plug in question.

(b) A condition shall be attached to any such approval requiring the applicant, during the currency of the approval, to give to the conformity assessment body granting the approval such notice as may be specified in the approval of any changes in the conversion plugs of the type approved.

(c) The conditions imposed pursuant to paragraph (a) may be varied by the conformity assessment body which granted the approval, and variation under this regulation may include the imposition of new conditions or the withdrawal of conditions.

(d) Before making an unfavourable decision in respect of an applicant, that is to say -

(i) refusing to grant approval pursuant to subregulation (5);

(ii) the imposition of a condition on an approval or the making of a restrictive variation of a condition thereof pursuant to paragraphs (a) to

(c) in circumstances where the applicant has not indicated in writing that the type of conversion plug concerned is suitable for use subject to that condition; or

(iii) the cancellation of an approval, a conformity assessment body shall -

(1) give notice in writing to the applicant or holder of the approval concerned, as the case may be, of the reasons why it proposes to make the unfavourable decision; and

(2) give the person to whom notice is given in subparagraph (1) the opportunity of making representations within a period of twenty-eight days of the notice being given as to why that conformity assessment body should make a favourable decision, and consider any representations which are made by that person within that period.

(7) Any approval given under subregulation (5) shall remain in force for seven years or for such shorter period as may be specified in the approval.

(8) Subregulation (3) shall not prohibit any person from possessing for supply at any time before it is supplied, offered for supply or exposed for supply in Malta for the first time, or before it is agreed for the first time to supply it in Malta, any electrical equipment which has been imported into Malta and which does not comply with the requirements of that regulation.