Part 2: Electric Vehicles: Charging Chapter 2: Policy background Section 15: Smart charge points
This Section provides the Secretary of State with the power to introduce regulations prohibiting the sale or installation of charge points in the United Kingdom, unless they meet certain requirements, which will be prescribed in regulations. This includes charge points that may be given away for free or on hire (for example, as part of the sale of a vehicle).
	Subsection (2) provides that the prescribed requirements may include (but are not limited to) requirements that relate to technical specifications for a charge point, such as "smart" functionality, and provision about the ability of the charge point to: send and receive electronic communications to and from a third party; react to the information sent or received from the third party and adjust the charge point’s charging (or discharging) rate; monitor and record the charge point’s own energy usage; comply with sufficient security requirements to ensure that it is resilient to a cyber-attack or other types of attack; achieve energy efficiency standards, and to be capable of being accessed remotely.