The Measuring Instruments (EC Requirements) (Electrical Energy Meters) Regulations 1995

Interpretation and extent

2.—(1) In these Regulations,

(a) “the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989(1);

(b) “the Directive on electrical energy meters” means Council Directive No. 76/891/EEC(2) as amended by Commission Directive No. 82/621/EEC(3) and Protocol 1 and Part IX of Annex II to the EEA Agreement;

(c) “the Director” means the Director General of Electricity Supply or the Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland, as the case may be;

(d) “EC initial verification” includes “EEC initial verification” and “EC pattern approval” includes “EEC pattern approval”;

(e) “EC mark” includes “EEC mark”, and “EC sign” includes “EEC sign”;

(f) “the EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992(4), together with the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993(5);

(g) “EEA State” means a state which, at the date of the entry into force of these Regulations, is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement;

(h) “electricity meter examiner” means a meter examiner appointed under paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Act or paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 7 to the Northern Ireland Order;

(i) “electricity supplier” has the meaning given to it by paragraph 13 of Schedule 7 to the Act or paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Northern Ireland Order, as the case may be;

(j) “manufacturer”, where more than one person is responsible for the manufacture of an instrument, means the person responsible for the final stage of manufacture;

(k) “the 1988 Regulations” means the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988(6);

(l) “the Northern Ireland Order” means the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992(7);

(m) “relevant instrument” means an instrument of a category to which the Directive on electrical meters applies; and

(n) “the seal of EC initial verification” means the seal incorporating the mark of EC initial verification.

(2) These Regulations shall extend to Northern Ireland.

(1)

1989 c. 29.

(2)

O.J. No. L336, 4.12.1976, p.30.

(3)

O.J. No. L252, 27.8.1982, p.1.

(4)

Cm. 2073. European Communities No. 7 (1992); O.J. No. L1, 3.1.1994, p.1; and Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1992, ISBN 92-826-3445-O.

(5)

Cm. 2183, European Communities No. 2 (1993).

(6)

S.I. 1988/186.

(7)

S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1).