12.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, every non-automatic weighing machine shall be made in accordance with a pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval is in force.E+W+S
(2) The marking of a machine in accordance with the requirements of regulation 16(2) below after it has been made in accordance with such a pattern shall not in itself be a breach of paragraph (1) above.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (1) above shall apply to a machine of the type known as “common form” which was first stamped before 4th April 1989.
(4) Any dispensation from the observance of the requirements of regulation 5(1)(b) of the Weights and Measures Regulations 1963(1), being a dispensation made by the Secretary of State before 1st November 1988 under the provisions of section 15(5) of the Act or under section 14(3) of the Weights and Measures Act 1963(2), and relating to a non-automatic weighing machine, shall be deemed to be a dispensation from observance of the requirements of paragraph (1) above.