The Units of Measurement Regulations 1995

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

• “Act”includes a local and personal or private Act, an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

• “the commencement date”, subject to regulation 4 below, means 1st October 1995;

• “corresponding metric unit”, in relation to a relevant imperial unit, means the unit of measurement specified in relation to the relevant imperial unit in the second column of the Schedule to these Regulations;

• “existing provision” means any of the following, namely—

  (a)

  a provision of any Act passed, or of any subordinate legislation made, before the commencement date;

  (b)

  a provision of any contract, agreement, licence, authority, undertaking or statement made or given before that date; and

  (c)

  a provision of any deed, instrument or document made before that date;

• “relevant imperial unit” means a unit of measurement specified in the first column of the Schedule to these Regulations;

• “subordinate legislation” means Orders in Council, orders, rules, regulations, schemes, warrants, byelaws and other instruments made under any Act; and

• “the Units of Measurement Directive” means the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 20th December 1979 (No. 80/181/EEC) on the approximation of the laws of member States relating to units of measurement.(1)

(1)

OJ No. L39, 15.2.80, p.40; the Directive has been amended by Council Directives 85/1/EEC and 89/617/EEC.