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The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1995
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- 1995 No. 1014
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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 4th May 1995.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;
“certificate of approval” means a certificate of approval of a pattern of measuring equipment granted or renewed by the Secretary of State under section 12 of the Act;
“digital” means capable of assigning only certain discrete values or positions within a continuous range by a series of discontinuous steps;
“liquid fuel” includes liquid fuel, lubricants and any mixture of liquid fuel and lubricants;
[F1“maximum delivery” means the largest quantity of liquid fuel which the measuring equipment is designed to measure;]
“measuring equipment” means any measuring equipment, other than a capacity measure, including a measuring device, ancillary equipment associated with it and any other equipment physically or otherwise connected to it whether or not such equipment has been connected to ensure correct measurement or is intended to facilitate operation of the measuring device and ancillary equipment;
“minimum delivery” means the smallest quantity of liquid fuel which the measuring equipment is designed to measure;
“notice of examination” means a notice of examination giving particulars of a pattern caused to be published by the Secretary of State;
“pattern” has the meaning set out in regulation 4(1) below;
“prescribed limits of error” has the meaning set out in regulation 17 below;
“the stamp” means the prescribed stamp(1); and
“test liquid” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 10.
(3) The abbreviations of units of measurement used in these Regulations refer to the relevant units as follows—
| litre | L |
| millilitre | mL |
| millimetre | mm |
| millipascal second | mPa.s. |
(4) The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1988(2) are hereby revoked.
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F1Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (12.10.1998) by The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2218), regs. 1, 3(1)
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