The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Inspector to attach test report

8.  After regulation 17, there is inserted the following regulation—

“Inspector to attach test report

17A. .— (1) Without prejudice to the duty of the inspector, pursuant to section 11(6) of the Act, to keep a record of every test carried out by him, where measuring equipment is tested by an inspector at the place of its manufacture or assembly or at testing premises, the inspector shall in addition attach securely to the inside of the measuring equipment a copy of the test record.

(2) The test record shall include at least the following particulars—

(a) the certification number of the certificate of approval;

(b) a list of the components of the measuring equipment;

(c) details of the testing procedures carried out;

(d) details of the test liquid used;

(e) the test results; and

(f) the inspector’s name, identification number and the name of the local weights and measures authority in which he holds office.

(3) In this regulation “testing premises” has the same meaning as it has in regulation 12.”.