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  "captured_at": "2026-08-05T20:32:41+10:00",
  "primary_source": {
    "title": "The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994 and Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
    "instrument": "S.I. 2026/848",
    "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/848/made/data.html",
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    "coming_into_force": "2026-08-27",
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      "The instrument defines a plug-in microgenerator as directly converting sunlight into electricity.",
      "The definition caps maximum rated alternating-current output at 800 watts.",
      "The definition covers connection to a low-voltage consumer installation by a standard plug and socket and parallel operation with a distributor network.",
      "The definition excludes a source designed to import electrical energy from the consumer installation for storage and future export.",
      "The amendment references the Plug-in Solar Device Interim Product Specification."
    ]
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  "supporting_source": {
    "title": "GOV.UK Plug-in solar consultation and final Interim Product Specification",
    "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/plug-in-solar",
    "http_status_at_capture": 200,
    "sha256": "39dffb8e0f88e20496bf32f7d7dbcfa2db7ff9eed7777a5e6e785f171cc75f35",
    "bounded_observation": "The page exposes the final Interim Product Specification; it is a requirement source, not model-specific product evidence."
  },
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    "products_declared_compliant": 0,
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    "uk_saleability_decisions": 0,
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    "revenue_claimed": 0
  },
  "boundaries": [
    "The statutory effective date is established; model-specific conformity is not.",
    "The 800 W definition is a scope boundary, not evidence that a product meets the Interim Product Specification.",
    "This pack routes evidence requests; it is not electrical engineering, testing, certification, legal advice, installation advice, network approval or retailer acceptance.",
    "Formal determinations remain with manufacturers, qualified laboratories, standards and network professionals, relevant authorities and advisers."
  ]
}