The Electricity (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Installation and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

4.—(1) Amend regulation 10 as follows.

(2) For paragraph (2), substitute—

(2) The fee shall be an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(a)in the case of a meter examiner who is a member of the Authority’s staff,

(i)a sum calculated at the rate of £45 per hour for all time that the meter examiner spent examining or testing or procuring the testing of the meter, including any time spent attending at any test carried out by another; plus

(ii)any reasonable expenses, including incidental expenses, of the meter examiner in travelling to and from premises other than those of the Authority for the purpose of attending at any test carried out by another; plus

(b)a sum equal to the costs incurred by the Authority (other than the cost of employing the meter examiner referred to in sub-paragraph (a) and any expenses referred to in sub-paragraph (b)) attributable to procuring from any person the provision of premises, equipment or personnel (including a meter examiner) for the purpose of examining or carrying out any test on the meter.

(2A) For the purposes of calculation under paragraph (2)(a) any part of an hour exceeding 30 minutes shall be charged as an hour.