regulations in the uk

regulations in the uk

Does any one know if there are any regulations on the mW of lasers in the UK, England.
I'm Planing on buying one, I do not know if I can at the moment..

Thanks,
Graham Russell.

Re:  regulations in the uk

well im not sure, however. paypal voids anything over 1mw. i managed to find a 30mw from a uk seller an the next day after i made the payment i got an email stating that the item has been removed an your payment was void, which is why you dont realy see handheld pointers above 1mw on ebay in uk. i still recieved the item tho. hope this helps

Re:  regulations in the uk

<5mW is safe in almost every major country. Paypal allows <5 mW lasers to be sold. I recommend Skylasers, Novalasers, CNI, or Dragon Lasers (slightly more expensive).

Re:  regulations in the uk

Apparently Amazon and eBay are no longer trading devices over 5mW. Here's an article:- http*://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7651466.stm (remove the *)

As for PayPal, I got the 10mW pen listed in my sig a few weeks ago using PayPal from one of those websites that ship them from China. You shouldn't have any trouble.

EDIT: Hang on, what's this?: http*://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7710530.stm

The seized pointers are illegal in the UK as their power rating of 5 milliWatt (mW) is more than the 1mW allowed.

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