Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1128

The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

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1988 No. 1128

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated^[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^[2] in relation to the regulation of specifications, construction, placing on the market and use of equipment intended for weighing, measuring or testing or for purposes ancillary thereto, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988.

    2.    The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988^[3] are hereby amended in paragraphs 1(1)(a) and 5(2)(a) of Schedule 1 by omitting the words "E for Greece, EL for Spain" and substituting therefor, in both places where they occur, the words "E for Spain, EL for Greece" .

    3.    The Calibration of Tanks of Vessels (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1975^[4] are hereby amended in regulation 5 by omitting the words "the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1975" and substituting therefor the words "the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988" .

    4.    The Alcoholometers and Alcohol Hydrometers (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977^[5] are hereby amended —
 (a) in regulation 4(1)(a), by omitting the words "the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1980" and substituting therefor the words "the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988" ; and
 (b) in regulation 5, by omitting words "Regulations 7 to 11 (which contain provision with respect to the grant, extension and revocation of EEC pattern approval) of the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1980" and substituting therefor the words "Regulations 8 to 12 (which contain provisions with respect to the grant, extension and revocation of EEC pattern approval) of the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988" .

    5.    The Taximeters (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1979^[6] are hereby amended —
 (a) in regulation 2(1), by omitting the definition of "the principal Regulations" and substituting therefor the following definition:—
""the principal Regulations" means the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988"; and
 (b) in regulation 6(1), by omitting the words "Regulations 7 to 11" and substituting therefor the words "Regulations 8 to 12" .

    6.    The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Gas Volume Meters) Regulations 1988^[7] are hereby amended in the Schedule by re-numbering paragraph 9 as paragraph 9(2) and inserting as paragraph 9(1) the following:—
"  (1)  In paragraphs 1(1)(a) and 5(2)(a) of Schedule 1, the words "E for Greece, EL for Spain" shall be omitted, and there shall be substituted, in both places where they occur, the words "E for Spain, EL for Greece" ." .

John Butcher

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry

30th June 1988

These Regulations update the references to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations in the Calibration of Tanks of Vessels (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1975, the Alcoholometers and Alcohol Hydrometers (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977 and the Taximeters (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1979 by substituting references to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988. They also correct an error in Schedule 1 to the last-mentioned Regulations as to the identifying letters for Greece and Spain, and make a consequential correction to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Gas Volume Meters) Regulations 1988.

[1] S.I. 1975/427. back

[2] 1972 c. 68. back

[3] S.I. 1988/186. back

[4] S.I. 1975/2125, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations. back

[5] S.I. 1977/1753, amended by S.I. 1983/530, 1985/306. back

[6] S.I. 1979/1379 to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations. back

[7] S.I. 1988/296. back