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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1981 Order” means the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;
“the 1985 Regulations” means the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(1);
“beltweigher” means weighing equipment of the belt conveyor type being an automatic weighing instrument for continuously weighing a bulk product on a conveyor belt by the action of gravity without systematic subdivision of the mass and without interrupting the movement of the conveyor belt;
“certificate of approval” means a certificate of approval of a pattern of weighing equipment granted or renewed by the Department under Article 10 or 11 of the 1981 Order or any instrument having effect under Article 11(5) of the 1981 Order as if it were a certificate of approval so granted on 4th April 1979, or a certificate of approval of a pattern of weighing equipment deemed under Article 10(8) of the 1981 Order to have been granted and published under the said Article 10;
“Department” means the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment;
“maximum permissible error” in relation to a beltweigher means, except in paragraph (3), the maximum permissible error for automatic weighing in relation to a beltweigher of its Class as determined in accordance with clauses 2.2 to 2.2.3 of R 50-1; the Table in clause 2.2.1 is set out in the Schedule;
“minimum totalised load” means the quantity in units of mass below which a totalisation may be subject to excessive relative errors as determined in accordance with clause 2.3 of R 50-1;
“the stamp” means the stamp prescribed by the Weights and Measures (Prescribed Stamp) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1969(2);
“weighing unit” means the part of a beltweigher providing information on the mass of the load to be measured.
(2) In these Regulations—
(a)“Class 0.5 beltweigher” means a beltweigher which is marked as such;
(b)“Class 1 beltweigher” means a beltweigher which is marked as such or as Class I; and
(c)“Class 2 beltweigher” means a beltweigher which is marked as such or as Class II,
on its descriptive plate or elsewhere on the instrument; and “Class” shall be construed accordingly.
(3) For the purposes of the marks referred to in paragraph (2), the Class of a beltweigher is the Class appropriate to its accuracy on initial verification ascertained in relation to maximum permissible errors in accordance with clause 2.2.1 of R 50-1.
S.R.1985 No. 319 as amended by S.R. 1995 No. 228
S.R.& O. 1969 No.11 as amended by S.R. 2002 No. 36
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