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The Measuring Instruments (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2006

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Regulation 33

SCHEDULE 5ADAPTATIONS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

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1.  In regulation 2(2), the reference to the 1985 Act shall be construed as a reference to the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1).

2.  Part III does not apply to Northern Ireland.

3.  In regulation 18—

(a)for paragraph (1), substitute the following paragraph—

(1) The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment shall enforce these Regulations in Northern Ireland.; and

(b)for paragraph (3), substitute the following paragraph—

(3) No proceedings for an offence under these Regulations shall be instituted in Northern Ireland except by or on behalf of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland..

4.  In regulation 26—

(a)the reference in paragraph (3) to written information on oath shall be construed as a reference to a complaint on oath; and

(b)for paragraph (9), substitute the following paragraph—

(9) In this regulation, “credentials” in relation to an enforcement officer, means an authenticated document showing that he is authorised to act to exercise the powers conferred on him by this regulation..

5.  In regulation 32(3), the reference to section 14(1) of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 shall be construed as a reference to section 10(1) of the Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971(2).

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