Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 3045
Weights And Measures
The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2009
Made
16th November 2009
Laid before Parliament
19th November 2009
Coming into force
1st January 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 15(1) and 94(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 , makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st January 2010.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, β the 2001 Regulations β means the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 2001 .
Removal of time limit on the use of supplementary indications
3. β(1) In each of the provisions listed in paragraph (2), omit βup to and including 31st December 2009β.
(2) Those provisions areβ
(a) regulations 11A and 16A of the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 1983 ;
(b) regulation 7A of the Measuring Equipment (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1983 ;
(c) regulation 12A of the Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1986 ;
(d) regulation 17A of the Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986 ;
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) regulation 16(7)(b) of the Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1995 ;
(g) regulation 8(4) of the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1995 ;
(h) regulation 6A of the Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2000 ;
(i) regulation 18 of the Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000 ;
(j) regulation 8(2) of the 2001 Regulations; and
(k) regulation 7 of the Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations 2003 .
Partial revocation of the Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2001
4. Regulations 2 and 3(1) of the Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2001 are revoked.
Modification of the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 1983
5.Regulation 12A of the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 1983, so far as remaining in force by virtue of regulation 1(3) of the 2001 Regulations, is to be read as if the words βup to and including 31st December 2009β were omitted.
Drayson
Minister of State for Science and Innovation,
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills