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Statutory Instruments
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Made
9th February 1988
Laid before Parliament
18th February 1988
Coming into force
14th March 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:–
1972 c. 68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read, as regards England and Wales, with section 32(7) and (9) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), and S.I. 1984/447, as regards Scotland, with section 289B(4) and (6) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), as inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) and amended by section 55(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and S.I. 1984/526 and, as regards Northern Ireland, with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I.3) and S.R.(N.I.) 1984 No. 253.
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