2009 No. 3045
The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2009
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 15(1) and 94(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 M1, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st January 2010.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations, “the 2001 Regulations” means the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 2001 M2.
Removal of time limit on the use of supplementary indications3
1
In each of the provisions listed in paragraph (2), omit “up to and including 31stDecember 2009”.
2
Those provisions are—
a
regulations 11A and 16A of the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 1983 M3;
b
regulation 7A of the Measuring Equipment (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1983 M4;
c
regulation 12A of the Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1986 M5;
d
regulation 17A of the Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986 M6;
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f
regulation 16(7)(b) of the Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1995 M7;
g
regulation 8(4) of the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1995 M8;
h
regulation 6A of the Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2000 M9;
i
regulation 18 of the Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000 M10;
j
regulation 8(2) of the 2001 Regulations; and
k
regulation 7 of the Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations 2003 M11.
Partial revocation of the Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 20014
Regulations 2 and 3(1) of the Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2001 M12 are revoked.
Modification of the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 19835
Regulation 12A of the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 1983 M13, so far as remaining in force by virtue of regulation 1(3) of the 2001 Regulations, is to be read as if the words “up to and including 31st December 2009” were omitted.
1985 c.72.