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3A.—(1) For the purposes of section 17(1) of the Gas Act 1986 and subject to paragraph (2) below, a meter to which regulation 3(1)(cc) above applies which is manufactured or repaired in a member state of the European Communities F2... may be stamped by, or on the authority of, a person other than a meter examiner, if that person is authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation (“an authorised person”).
(2) An authorised person shall not stamp, or authorise the stamping of, any meter unless—
(a)he is satisfied that it is of such pattern and construction and is marked in such manner as is approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation; and
(b)he has been provided with the requisite documentation relating to that meter.
(3) In this regulation, “requisite documentation” in relation to any meter means—
(a)the examination report of an approved body that the meter which is the subject of that report conforms to the standards prescribed in regulations 3(1)(a) and 3(1)(cc) above, and
(b)if requested by an authorised person the results of the tests on which the examination report is based.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, a body making an examination report in respect of a meter is an “approved body” if it is the body in the member state in which the meter has been manufactured or repaired which has responsibility for the metrological control of gas volume meters or is a laboratory which has been accredited in that member state as being a body which conforms with the criteria set out in EN 45001.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 3A inserted (12.7.1993) by The Gas (Meters) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1521), regs. 1, 5
F2Words in reg. 3A(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Weighing and Measuring Equipment and Meters (Amendment of Secondary Legislation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1387), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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