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Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

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Testing of dispensing measures for pharmaceutical purposes

11.—(1) The inspector shall test every dispensing measure for pharmaceutical purposes either—

(a)in accordance with the requirements of BS 6696: 1986, using a suitable weighing machine; or

(b)volumetrically by comparison with one or more Northern Ireland local standards (other than a brim measure made of metal); or

(c)by means of a peristaltic pump dispenser.

(2) In this regulation “peristaltic pump dispenser” means a device, operating on the peristaltic principle, designed to deliver a known quantity of water for the testing of dispensing measures for pharmaceutical purposes.

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