The Measuring Instruments (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) (Use for Trade) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Requirements for use for trade

4.  A person shall not use for trade an automatic gravimetric filling instrument unless—

(a) it is compliant with the essential requirements other than the provisions relating to maximum permissible errors referred to in paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Regulations;

(b) the requirements of regulations 5 and 6 are complied with;

(c) it has been erected and installed in accordance with the requirements of regulation 7;

(d) the instrument operates within the limits of maximum permissible error set out in Table 2 in Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the 2006 Regulations;

(e) subject to paragraph (f), where test fills are required, these limits are determined on the basis of consecutive fills; and

(f) in the case of an instrument of the description and maximum capacity set out, respectively, in columns 1 and 2 of Table 1 in Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the 2006 Regulations, it is within the accuracy class specified for that instrument in column 3 or within an accuracy class of a higher level of precision than the specified class.