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2003 No. 2110

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

  Made 9th August 2003 
  Laid before Parliament 14th August 2003 
  Coming into force 3rd November 2003 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 15(1), 86(1) and 94(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985[1] and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 3rd November 2003.

    (2) These Regulations extend to Great Britain.

Effect and interpretation
    
2. These Regulations have effect for the purposes of further amending the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1995[2] ("the principal Regulations"); and accordingly a reference to a numbered provision in the following provisions of these regulations is a reference to the provision so numbered in the principal Regulations.

Sales indicators
     3. For regulation 6 there is substituted the following - 

Indication of product delivered
    
4. There is inserted after regulation 6 the following regulation - 

Markings on equipment
    
5. In regulation 7, the words "product or" are inserted between "method of operation or to the" and "quantity of liquid fuel delivered".

Relaxation of requirement to test at low flow rate
    
6. To regulation 10A(3) there is added the following - 

Prescribed limits of error
    
7. For regulation 17(6) there is substituted the following:

Inspector to attach test report
    
8. After regulation 17, there is inserted the following regulation - 

Measuring equipment imported from another EEA State
    
9. In regulation 18 the following are omitted - 

     10. In regulation 19(2), the words "from another member State or" are omitted.

Repeal of regulation 26
    
11. Regulation 26 is revoked.


Nigel Griffiths,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business and Enterprise, Department of Trade and Industry

9th August 2003



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note does not form part of these Regulations)


These Regulations further amend the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1995 (the "1995 Regulations") as amended by the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) (Amendment) Regulations 1998.

The Regulations prescribe the tests an inspector of weights and measures shall apply to measuring equipment with a view to passing it as fit for use for trade and stamping it.

The Regulations also make certain minor amendments and clarifications to the 1995 Regulations.

These Regulations were notified to the European Commission in accordance with the requirements of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1998 OJ L204/37), (as amended), (formerly Council Directive 83/189/EEC (1983 OJ L109/8), (as amended)).


Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 72.back

[2] S.I. 1995/1014, as amended by S.I. 1998/2218.back



ISBN 0 11 047343 4


  Prepared 20 August 2003


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