The Meters (Certification) Regulations 1998

Interpretation E+W+S

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;

“approved” means approved by or under regulations made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Act;

“authorised examiner” means a person who is authorised in accordance with regulation 5;

“authorised manufacturer” means a person who is authorised in accordance with regulation 3;

“authorised repairer” means a person who is authorised in accordance with regulation 4;

[F1 “the Authority” means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;]

“certification period” means, in the case of a meter of a type specified in columns 1 to 6 of Schedule 4, the period stated in relation thereto in column 7 of that Schedule and, in the case of any other meter, the period of 10 years, the period beginning in each case on the date on which the meter is certified for the purpose of the Act;

“directions” means any directions issued by the Director under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 7 to the Act;

“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992(1) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993(2);

“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 [F2 , but does not include the United Kingdom];

“equivalent European provisions” has the meaning given by regulation 8;

“meter examiner” means a person appointed under paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Act;

[F3 “nominated laboratory” means a laboratory nominated by the Authority for the purpose of testing meters;] and

“permitted margins of error” means the margins of error referred to in regulation 7.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation in or the Schedule to these Regulations bearing that number; any reference in a regulation or a Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation or Schedule bearing that number; and any reference in a Schedule to a numbered table is a reference to the table bearing that number at the end of that Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(2) inserted (1.2.2003) by The Electricity (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Installation and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3129), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 5(2)(a) (with reg. 3)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Weighing and Measuring Equipment and Meters (Amendment of Secondary Legislation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1387), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 9(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in reg. 2(2) inserted (1.2.2003) by The Electricity (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Installation and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3129), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 5(2)(b) (with reg. 3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 1.8.1998, see reg. 1

(1)

OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.1.

(2)

OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.572.