EC initial verification9
1
An application for the consideration of any relevant instrument for EC initial verification shall be made to an electricity meter examiner in such manner as the Director may direct.
2
The electricity meter examiner shall determine whether an EC pattern approval is in force in respect of the instrument and, if so, whether it conforms to the approved pattern and to the requirements of the Directive on electrical energy meters; and, where he is satisfied
a
that the instrument conforms to the requirements of the Directive on electrical energy meters, and
b
that an EC pattern approval is in force in respect of the instrument and that the instrument conforms to the approved pattern,
he shall authorise the seal of EC initial verification to be affixed to the instrument.
3
If the electricity meter examiner refuses to authorise the seal of EC initial verification to be affixed to a relevant instrument, he shall give to the applicant a statement in writing of his reasons for refusal.
4
Each electricity meter examiner shall keep a record of all tests and examinations carried out by him under this regulation.
5
Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall apply for the purpose of regulating the conduct in the United Kingdom of EC initial verification in relation to relevant instruments.