Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2019

The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

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1991 No. 2019

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

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

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on10th September 1991.

    2.    The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1988^[2] are hereby further amended as follows-
 (a) in regulation 4(1), for the words "1st September 1991", there shall be substituted the words "30th December 1992";
 (b) in regulation 11(4), for the words "section 14(3)" where they first occur, there shall be substituted the words "section 15(5)";
 (c) in regulation 35(2) for the words "as from 1st September 1991", there shall be substituted the words "on and after 30th December 1992"; and
 (d) in Schedule 4, in paragraph 3(a), for the word "Regulation 41(1)", there shall be substituted the words "regulation 41(2)".

Edward Leigh

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

9th September 1991

These Regulations further amend the Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1988. They correct drafting errors and make the following changes of substance-
(a) they defer from 1st September 1991 to 30th December 1992 the prohibition on the use for trade of a weighing machine marked with a weighing range for the purpose of determining the mass of loads which are outside that range (regulation 2(a)); and

(b) in the case of a machine marked with an approved minimum load, they defer for a similar period the disapplication of provisions relating to limits of error for test loads of lower amounts (regulation 2(c)).

[1] 1985 c. 72. back

[2] S.I. 1988/876, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. back