Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order amends the provisions of Part IV of Schedule 5 to the Weights and Measures Act 1985 relating to the carriage of solid fuel by rail. It enables a system of electronic data transfer to be used as an alternative to the present requirements for coal trains to be accompanied by either individual wagon documents or a train bill (paragraphs 23 and 24 of the said Schedule). As a condition of using such a system, the information so transmitted must be capable of being reproduced in a permanent legible form. 45p net