S.L. 427.79 Art. 2Scope and application.

(1) These regulations shall apply to household electric lamps supplied directly from the mains (filament and integral compact fluorescent lamps), and to household fluorescent lamps (including linear, and non-integral compact fluorescent lamps), even when marketed for non-household use.

(2) Where an appliance can be taken apart by end users, for the purposes of this Directive the ‘lamp’ shall be any part emitting light.

(3) The following lamps shall be excluded from the scope of these regulations:

(a) those with a luminous flux of more than 6,500 lumens;

(b) those with an input power of less than 4 watts;

(c) reflector lamps;

(d) those marketed or commercialised primarily for use with other energy sources, such as batteries;

(e) those not marketed or commercialised primarily for the production of light in the visible range (400 to 800 nm);

(f) those marketed or commercialised as part of a product, the primary purpose of which is not illuminative.

*See regulation 1(5) of these Regulations as originally promulgated. However, where the lamp is offered for sale, hire or hire purchase or displayed separately, for example as a spare part, it shall be included.

(4) For lamps referred to in sub-regulation (3), labels and fiches may be provided in accordance with these regulations, provided that harmonised measurement standards applicable to such lamps have been adopted and published in accordance with regulation 4(6).