Sourced fact
Safety is assigned to the exact physical action or entity, not averaged from the page topic.
Health and Safety Executive: Electric and hybrid vehicles
The National Archives: The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, Regulation 7
Maintenance · UK
Safety classification method
Each physical action must resolve to its exact current E3 entry before any consumer step can appear. A page uses the strictest applicable class, DIY ceiling, use advice and stop conditions, plus the union of required warning IDs. A missing row is unverified rather than Red, while a genuine non-action page may be not applicable but still uses a ProfessionalOnly shape and hand-off.
Health and Safety Executive: Electric and hybrid vehicles
Reviewed
Key facts and evidence
For UK EV content reviewed on 13 August 2026, safety classification is action-specific: every physical instruction resolves to its exact E3 row, and the strictest class, ceiling, flags, use advice and warning set control. Unknown is not guessed as Amber or Red. The limit is explicit: an unverified action has no steps, while this non-action methodology page is not applicable yet remains ProfessionalOnly with hand-off.
Health and Safety Executive: Electric and hybrid vehicles
Sourced fact
Multiple applicable rows resolve to the strictest class, DIY ceiling, advice and flags, with all required warning IDs retained.
Health and Safety Executive: Electric and hybrid vehicles
The National Archives: The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, Regulation 7
Sourced fact
A missing exact row produces unverified status, null effective class, ProfessionalOnly presentation and no procedure.
Health and Safety Executive: Electric and hybrid vehicles
The National Archives: The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, Regulation 7
Sourced fact
Not applicable means no physical action is being assessed; it is not a Green safety judgement.
The National Archives: The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, Regulation 7
How EV Evidence resolves each physical action to E3, applies the strictest class and ceiling, handles missing rows and presents non-action methodology.
Resolution unit
The unit of classification is the physical action or safety-relevant entity. A Green summary does not authorise every action mentioned on a page. Each displayed observation, control, check or task carries its own current E3 entry ID; a nearby or similar row is not a substitute.
Strictness merge
Where a page genuinely combines rows, Red is stricter than Amber and Green, and ProfessionalOnly is the highest content ceiling. The output cannot widen allow flags or use advice. Required warning IDs are combined, but warning copy remains in the E3 warning library and is not duplicated in page records.
Classified shapes
Green may contain only the limited steps explicitly allowed by its row. Amber steps require every model, prerequisite, site, tool, stop and verification gate. Red contains recognition, avoidance, stop-use or stop-driving advice and professional hand-off only; it contains no consumer procedure, score or commerce.
Unverified shape
If no exact current row exists, status is unverified and effective class is null. The page uses ProfessionalOnly, both DIY flags are false, steps, score and commerce are absent, and the affected page is not indexed. Unverified is a knowledge state, not a disguised Red classification.
Not-applicable shape
A methodology or pure policy explanation with no physical action may use not applicable and null effective class. It still uses ProfessionalOnly presentation, false DIY flags, NotAssessed advice, no steps and a professional or editorial hand-off. This prevents a neutral information page from displaying a misleading Green badge.
What to do next
Use the classification shown on the exact action page and do not transfer a class from a related task or vehicle.
Immediate action: Identify the exact action and confirm that its current E3 entry ID is present before using any guidance.
- Stop if the action, model, damage state, site or E3 entry cannot be matched exactly.
Professional hand-off
- When classification is absent or the action exceeds its ceiling, use the competent professional named by the nearest exact E3 hand-off without borrowing that row's procedure.
Questions this record can answer
What does the sourced evidence say about resolution unit?
The unit of classification is the physical action or safety-relevant entity. A Green summary does not authorise every action mentioned on a page. Each displayed observation, control, check or task carries its own current E3 entry ID; a nearby or similar row is not a substitute.
What does the sourced evidence say about strictness merge?
Where a page genuinely combines rows, Red is stricter than Amber and Green, and ProfessionalOnly is the highest content ceiling. The output cannot widen allow flags or use advice. Required warning IDs are combined, but warning copy remains in the E3 warning library and is not duplicated in page records.
What does the sourced evidence say about classified shapes?
Green may contain only the limited steps explicitly allowed by its row. Amber steps require every model, prerequisite, site, tool, stop and verification gate. Red contains recognition, avoidance, stop-use or stop-driving advice and professional hand-off only; it contains no consumer procedure, score or commerce.