Meters (Certification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Equivalent European Provisions

8.—(1) Equivalent European provisions are—

(a) the provisions as to verification in Council Directive 76/891/EEC(1) as amended by Commission Directive No. 82/621/EEC(2) and Protocol 1 and Part IX of Annex II to the EEA Agreement;

(b) European Standard EN 61036(3); and

(c) any standard, technical regulation, manufacturing method or code of practice accepted by other EEA States conformity with which will ensure a level of precision, security, safety, durability and fitness for purpose equivalent to that assured by conformity to Schedule 3.

(2) A meter examiner or an authorised examiner to whom a meter has been submitted under regulation 6 shall take into account the results of checks and tests carried out by the bodies and laboratories of other EEA States if the checks and tests have been carried out in conformity with European standard EN 45001(4).

(1)

O.J. No. L336, 4.12.76, p. 30

(2)

O.J. No. L252, 27.8.82, p. 1

(3)

EN 61036 is a European Standard entitled “Alternating current static watt – hour meters for active energy (Classes 1 and 2)” which has been adopted in the United Kingdom as BS EN 61036 and is published by the British Standards Institution (ISBN 0 580 19283 0) and was effective from 31st January 1991

(4)

EN 45001 is a European Standard which is equivalent to BS 7501 (ISBN 0 580 17939 7), “general criteria for the operation of testing laboratories”, published by the British Standards Institution and having effect from 31st October 1989