This Statutory Instrument has been made in part because of defects in SI 2006/1256 , SI 2006/1257 , SI 2006/1268 and SI 2006/1270 , and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.
Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2625
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
The Measuring Instruments (Amendment) Regulations 2006
Made
1st October 2006
Laid before Parliament
5th October 2006
Coming into force
30th October 2006
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated( 1 ) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 2 ) in relation to, and for purposes ancillary to, the regulation of specifications, construction, placing on the market and use of articles, instruments, containers or other equipment intended for weighing, measuring or testing.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of that Act, and in relation to regulation 3 of the Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1) and 86(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985( 3 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 30th October 2006.
Amendment to the Measuring Instruments (Non-Prescribed Instruments) Regulations 2006
2. The Measuring Instruments (Non-Prescribed Instruments) Regulations 2006( 4 ) are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 8, after paragraph (4) insert—
“ (5) The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority or the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation may charge fees to recover the full costs reasonably incurred by it in—
(a) making a designation under regulation 4; or
(b) carrying out an inspection under regulation 6(2).
(6) Where, in accordance with regulation 4(6), the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation makes a designation under regulation 4 or carries out an inspection under regulation 6(2), the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority may charge fees to recover the full costs reasonably incurred by it in making the designation or carrying out the inspection. ” ; and
(b) in Schedule 1, omit paragraphs 22 and 32.
Amendment to the Measuring Instruments (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2006
3. Regulation 16(1) of the Measuring Instruments (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2006( 5 ) is amended by substituting “1.0%” for “0.1%” in column 2 of Table 1.
Amendment to the Measuring Instruments (Automatic Catchweighers) Regulations 2006
4. The Measuring Instruments (Automatic Catchweighers) Regulations 2006( 6 ) are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 6(1)(a)(iv), for “D” substitute “D1”; and
(b) in regulation 6(1)(a)(v), for “F” substitute “F1”.
Amendment to the Measuring Instruments (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 2006
5. The Measuring Instruments (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 2006( 7 ) are amended by substituting for paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 the following paragraph—
“ 18. The distributor or the person legally designated for installing the cold-water meter shall verify that the conditions referred to in paragraphs 14(a) to (c) are met, so that the instrument is appropriate for the accurate measurement of consumption that is foreseen or foreseeable. ” .
Sainsbury of Turville
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Technology
Department of Trade and Industry
1st October 2006
S.I.1975/427 .