(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations implement in part the amendments made by Directive 1999/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L34, 9.2.2000, p. 17) to Council Directive 80/181/EEC (O.J. No. L39, 15.2.80, p. 40) which relates to the use of units of measurement for economic, public health, public safety or administrative purposes so as to permit the use of non-metric units of measurement as “supplementary indications” until 31st December 2009.
The Regulations amend those Regulations made under the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 on weighing and measuring equipment in use for trade as are specified in the Schedule by inserting the date of 31st December 2009 as the final date for the use of such supplementary indications.