The Alcoholometers and Alcohol Hydrometers (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977

PART II EEC PATTERN APPROVAL AND INITIAL VERIFICATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

EEC pattern approval

5.  Regulations 7 to 11 (which contain provision with respect to the grant, extension and revocation of EEC pattern approval) of the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1975, and Schedule 2 to those Regulations (which regulates the conduct in the United Kingdom of EEC pattern approval), shall so far as applicable apply in relation to the pattern approval of instruments to which these Regulations apply as they apply in relation to the pattern approval of instruments to which those Regulations apply, with the following modifications:—

(a) in Regulation 7(1) the words “on payment of such fee as may be prescribed by, or determined under, Regulations made under section 56 of the Finance Act 1973” shall not apply.

(b) in Regulation 7(2) the words “on payment of such fee as may be prescribed or determined as aforesaid” shall not apply.

6.—(1) Where an EEC pattern approval (whether granted under these Regulations or by any member state other than the United Kingdom) is in force in respect of any pattern of instrument, the manufacturer shall cause the sign of EEC pattern approval, or where the pattern approval is a limited pattern approval, the sign of EEC limited pattern approval, to be affixed to instruments conforming to the approved pattern.

(2) Any sign affixed in accordance with this Regulation shall be affixed at a visible point inside the instrument and must be legible and indelible.

Initial verification

7.—(1) An application for consideration of any instrument for EEC initial verification shall be made to the Secretary of State in such manner as he may direct.

(2) The Secretary of State shall determine whether an EEC pattern approval is in force in respect of the instrument and, if so, whether it conforms to the approved pattern.

(3) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied—

(a) that the instrument conforms to the requirements of the Directive; and

(b) that an EEC pattern approval is in force in respect of the instrument and that the instrument conforms to the approved pattern;

he shall cause to be affixed to the instrument the United Kingdom mark of EEC initial verification.

(4) If the Secretary of State refuses to cause any EEC mark of initial verification to be affixed to an instrument he shall give to the applicant a statement in writing of his reasons for the refusal.

(5) A record of all tests and examinations carried out under this Regulation shall be kept.

(6) Where an EEC pattern approval is subject to a condition limiting the number of instruments which may be submitted for initial verification by reference to the pattern in question, a person who makes an application, or causes or permits the making of an application, which if granted would contravene the condition, shall be guilty of an offence unless it is shown that he did not know, and had no reason to believe, that it would or might contravene the condition.