Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (Use for Trade) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1981 Order” means the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;

“the 2000 Regulations” means the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000(1);

“approved body” means—

(a)

a body which is designated by the Secretary of State under regulation 9(1) of the 2000 Regulations for the purpose of carrying out one or more tasks referred to in Article 8 of the Directive; or

(b)

a body which is designated for that purpose by another member State,

and whose name is notified to the Commission and the member States under Article 9 of the Directive;

“approved type” means a type in respect of which an EC type-approval certificate is in force;

“the Directive” means Council Directive 90/384/EEC of 20th June 1990 on the harmonisation of the laws of the member States relating to non-automatic weighing instruments(2) as amended by Council Directive 93/68/EEC(3);

“EC type-approval certificate” means a certificate issued by the Secretary of State under regulation 10 of the 2000 Regulations or by an approved body designated by another member State, as the case may be;

“instrument” means a non-automatic weighing instrument (including ancillary equipment) which—

(i)

requires the intervention of an operator during weighing, and

(ii)

serves to determine the mass or weight of any thing by using the action of gravity on that thing (whether or not it may also determine related matters such as price, quantity or magnitude on the basis of mass or weight); and

“load receptor” means a part of an instrument on which loads are placed for the purpose of their being weighed.

(2) In these Regulations, references to instruments of a numbered Class shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 2 of Annex 1 of the Directive which is set out in Schedule 2 to the 2000 Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2000/3236

(2)

O.J. No. L189, 20.7.90, p. 1 as corrected by the corrigendum published in O.J. No. L258, 22.9.90, p. 35

(3)

O.J. No. L220, 30.8.93, p. 1