1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 28th September 2001.
(2) The Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 1983(1) are hereby revoked.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) and the following provisions of these Regulations,—
(a)the provisions of the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 1983 shall continue to apply; and
(b)the following provisions of these Regulations shall not apply,
to any beltweigher to which those Regulations applied which was first passed as fit for use for trade before the date when these Regulations come into force.