PART IGENERAL
Citation, commencement and revocation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 and shall come into operation on 27th October 1986.
2
The Regulations specified in column 1 of the Schedule are hereby revoked to the extent specified in column 2.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
“composite measure” means a measure of length where one of its principal scale marks is a surface and the other is a line, hole or mark;
“end measure” means a measure of length where its principal scale marks are formed by two surfaces;
“measure of length” means a linear measure set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order;
“nominal length” means the maximum length in metric or imperial units which a measure of length is designed to measure in one measurement;
“prescribed limits of error” has the meaning set out in Regulation 23;
“the Order” means the Weights arid Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;
“principal scale marks” mean the two surfaces, lines, holes or marks (or combinations thereof) on a measure of length the distance between which is the nominal length of the measure;
“the stamp” means the stamp prescribed by the Weights and Measures (Prescribed Stamp) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19693; and
“terminal surface” means a surface forming one of the principal scale marks.
Application of Regulations and prescription of measures of length3
1
Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply to measuring equipment for use for trade of the following class name! y measures of length and such measures are hereby prescribed for the purposes of Article 9(1) of the Order.
2
Except for this paragraph, paragraph (3) and Regulation 19, these Regulations do not apply to measures of length which bear the mark of EEC initial verification.
3
In paragraph (2), “mark of EEC initial verification” means the mark described in paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 19804.