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"BigWallop" writes:

"s--p--o--n--i--x" wrote in message
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However, I believe it is illegal to supply an electrical item in this
country without a UK plug fitted.

It is illegal through retail outlets, but not through E-Bay I'm afraid. A
private sale is deemed as not under these requirements. That's as long as

I can't recall any exclusion in the Plugs and Sockets Regulations
which might apply to anything purchased through eBay. The regulations
certainly don't only apply to retail outlets -- they have been
applied to private sales at car boot sales, for example.

The main exception to the rule for portable appliances is that
an appliance with a transformer built into the plug does not
have to be supplied with a UK plug.

the seller hasn't fraudulently described the goods as being useable in this
country when they are clearly not.

The same applies to goods you buy abroad when on holiday. The goods must
not be described as being usable in other countries if the retail store
can't provide the proper plug-top for the power flex.

The UK Plugs and Sockets Regulations apply in the UK only, and
someone outside the UK would not be breaching UK law if they sold
something outside the UK claiming it was suitable for the UK when
in fact it wasn't. They would probably be breaking their own local
laws covering misdescribing items.

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Andrew Gabriel