The Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986

Application E+W+S

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations apply to measuring equipment for use for trade of the following class namely measures of length, and such measures are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 11(1) of the Act.

(2) Except for this paragraph, paragraph (3) and Regulation 20 below, these Regulations do not apply to measures of length which bear the mark of EEC initial verification.

(3) In this Regulation, “mark of EEC initial verification” means the mark described in paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1980(1).

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 27.10.1986, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1985/1871.