(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 8th April 1996.

(2) The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 1993(2) are hereby amended as follows -

(a)in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2, for "£53.00" substitute "£58.00";

(b)in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 3, for "£59.00" substitute "£60.00", for "£53.00" substitute "£58.00" and for "£10.00" substitute "£11.50";

(c)in paragraph 3 of Schedule 4, for "£66.00" substitute "£70.00";

(d)in paragraph 1(a) of Schedules 5 and 6, for "£59.00" substitute "£60.00" and for "£53.00" substitute "£58.00";

(e)in paragraph 1(b) of Schedules 5 and 6, for "£10.00" substitute "£11.50" and for "56.00" substitute "58.50".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the fees payable in connection with services undertaken by the Department of Trade and Industry under the Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1579) and other Regulations relating to instruments for which the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/798) ("the 1993 Regulations"), as amended, provide.

On the coming into force of these Regulations-

(1) the fees payable under regulations 3 and 4 of the 1993 Regulations in relation to which a rate per hour is specified in paragraph 1(a) of Schedules 2 and 3, are amended as follows -

(a)The rate for EEC initial verification of certain measuring instruments and systems becomes £58.00 per hour, (an increase from £53.00 per hour), (regulation 2(a));

(b)the rate for EEC pattern approval becomes-

(i)for equipment test unit staff, £58.00 per hour (an increase from £53.00 per hour);

(ii)for examination staff, £60.00 per hour (an increase from £59.00 per hour); and

(iii)for any time during which the pattern is tested in an environmental testing chamber, £11.50 per hour (an increase from £10.00 per hour), (regulation 2(b));

(2) the fees payable under regulation 5 of the 1993 Regulations in relation to which a rate per hour in specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 (which relates to fees payable on the periodic inspection of approved bodies) are increased from £66.00 per hour to £70.00 per hour, (regulation 2(c));

(3) the fees payable under regulations 6 and 7 of the 1993 Regulations in relation to which a rate per hour in specified in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) of Schedules 5 and 6 (which relate to the grant of an EC type-approval certificate or for EC unit verification) become-

(a)for examination staff, £60.00 per hour (an increase from £59.00 per hour);

(b)for equipment test unit staff, £58.00 per hour (an increase from £53.00 per hour);

(c)for any time during which the type or instrument is tested in an environmental testing chamber, £11.50 per hour (an increase from £10.00 per hour); and

(d)for any time during which the type or instrument is tested for electromagnetic compatibility, £58.50 per hour (an increase from £56.00 per hour), (regulations 2(d) and (e)).