The Measuring Instruments (Beltweighers) Regulations 2006 (revoked)

PART IPRELIMINARY

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

PART IIPLACING ON THE MARKET AND PUTTING INTO USE OF BELTWEIGHERS

4Requirements for placing on the market and putting into use

5Compliance with the essential requirements

6Conformity assessment procedures

7Designation of United Kingdom notified bodies

8Functions of notified bodies

9Provisions supplemental to regulation 7

10Variation and termination of designations

12Marking and identification requirements

13Conformity with other directives

PART IIIUSE FOR TRADE OF BELTWEIGHERS

14Requirements for use for trade

15Manner of use

16Position of the operator

17Manner of erection and installation

PART IVENFORCEMENT

18Enforcement authority

19Compliance notice procedure

20Immediate enforcement action

21Review by the Secretary of State

22Disqualification

23Re-qualification

24Testing of beltweighers

25Unauthorised application of authorised marks

26Powers of entry and inspection

27Obstruction of enforcement officer

28Penalties for offences

29Defence of due diligence

30Liability of persons other than the principal offender

PART VMISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

31Service of documents

32Savings for certain privileges

33Adaptation for Northern Ireland

SCHEDULE 1ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

1The essential requirements are the relevant requirements relating to beltweighers...

3Allowable Errors

4Reproducibility

6Discrimination and Sensitivity

10Protection against corruption

11Information to be borne by and to accompany the beltweigher

12Indication of result

13Further processing of data to conclude the trading transaction

14Conformity evaluation

15Rated Operating Conditions

16Accuracy Classes

17Measurement Range

19Speed of the belt

20General Totalisation Device

21Performance under influence factors and electromagnetic disturbance

SCHEDULE 2NOTIFIED BODIES

PART 1NOTIFIED BODY CRITERIA

1The body, its director and staff involved in conformity assessment...

2The body, its director and staff involved in conformity assessment...

3The conformity assessment shall be carried out with the highest...

4The body shall be capable of carrying out all the...

5The body's staff shall have— (a) sound technical and vocational...

6The impartiality of the body, its director and staff shall...

7The body shall satisfy the Secretary of State that it...

8The body's director and staff shall be bound to observe...

PART 2FUNCTIONS

9Assessment of applications for certificates or notifications

10Limitations on duties to exercise functions

12Form of certificates and notifications

13Conditions in certificates or notifications

14Withdrawal of certificates or notifications

15Procedure where a notified body is minded to refuse to give, or to vary or withdraw a certificate or notification

SCHEDULE 3TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION

1The technical documentation shall render the design, manufacture and operation...

2The technical documentation shall be sufficiently detailed to ensure—

3The technical documentation shall include insofar as relevant for assessment...

4The manufacturer shall specify where seals and markings have been...

5The manufacturer shall indicate the conditions for compatibility with interfaces,...

SCHEDULE 4MARKING AND INSCRIPTIONS

1The CE marking consists of the symbol “CE” according to...

2The M marking consists of the capital letter “M” and...

3The identification number of the notified body concerned shall follow...

4When a beltweigher consists of a set of devices operating...

5The CE marking and the M marking shall be indelible....

SCHEDULE 6ADAPTATIONS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

1In regulation 2(2), the reference to the Weights and Measures...

2Part III does not apply to Northern Ireland.

3In regulation 18— (a) for paragraph (1), substitute the following...

4In regulation 26— (a) the reference in paragraph (3) to...

5In regulation 32(3) the reference to sub-section (1) of section...

2006 No. 1259

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

The Measuring Instruments (Beltweighers) Regulations 2006 (revoked)F1

Made28th April 2006

Laid before Parliament5th May 2006

Coming into force

Regulations 1, 2,7, 9 and 10 and Part 1 of Schedule 230th May 2006

Remaining regulations30th October 2006

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Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

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Regulations revoked (28.12.2016) by The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1153), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1 (with regs. 3(4), 5, 67(5), Sch. 3 para. 2)