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Statutory Instruments
ELECTRICITY
Made
11th July 1988
Laid before Parliament
12th July 1988
Coming into force
1st August 1988
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Meters (Determination of Questions) (Expenses) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988.
2.-(1) The sums to be paid by the Electricity Boards mentioned in the first column of the Table below to the Secretary of State towards administrative expenses incurred by him in connection with the determination of questions under the said section 57 shall be the amounts specified in the second column of that Table and shall be paid in advance on the first day of each month.
(2) For the purposes of this Regulation a question is determined when a meter examiner signs a certificate that he has determined the question or that he is unable or no longer required to do so.
3. The Meters (Determination of Questions) (Expenses) Regulations 1987(3) are hereby revoked.
| Electricity Board | Monthly Payment |
|---|---|
| Eastern | £1750.00 |
| East Midlands | £1250.00 |
| London | £3583.33 |
| Merseyside & North Wales | £708.33 |
| Midland | £2625.00 |
| North Eastern | £83.33 |
| North of Scotland Hydro | £1500.00 |
| North Western | £1958.33 |
| Southern | £1875.00 |
| South Eastern | £1166.67 |
| South of Scotland | £1166.67 |
| South Wales | £500.00 |
| South Western | £2541.67 |
| Yorkshire | £916.67 |
Michael Spicer
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Energy
11th July 1988
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations supersede the Meters (Determination of Questions) (Expenses) Regulations 1987. They provide for Electricity Boards to make monthly payments towards administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in connection with the determination of questions as to the correctness of electricity meters. The amount payable by each Board as compared with the amount payable under the Regulations of 1987 is increased or reduced, according to their use of the Electricity Meter Examining Service in the previous year.
1899 c. 19; section 57 was substituted by the Energy Act 1983 (c. 25), Schedule 1, paragraph 13.
1947 c. 54; section 57(2) incorporates the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 with adaptations and modifications.
S.I. 1987/901.
