The Measuring Instruments (Taximeters) Regulations 2006 (revoked)

PART 1PRELIMINARY

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

PART 2PLACING ON THE MARKET AND PUTTING INTO USE OF TAXIMETERS

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 3ENFORCEMENT

14Enforcement authority

15Compliance notice procedure

16Immediate enforcement action

17Review by the Secretary of State

18Unauthorised application of authorised marks

19Powers of entry and inspection

20Obstruction of enforcement officer

21Penalties for offences

22Defence of due diligence

23Liability of persons other than the principal offender

PART 4MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

24Service of documents etc.

25Savings for certain privileges

26Adaptation for Northern Ireland

SCHEDULE 1ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

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

3Allowable Errors

4Reproducibility

6Discrimination and Sensitivity

10Protection against corruption

11Information to be borne by and to accompany the taximeter

12Indication of result

13Further processing of data to conclude the trading transaction

14Conformity evaluation

15Design requirements

16Rated operating conditions

17Maximum permissible errors (MPEs)

18Permissible effect of disturbance

19Power supply failure

20Other requirements

21If there is a supplement charge for an extra service,...

22If the fare is calculated according to calculation mode D...

23All values displayed for the passenger shall be suitably identified,...

24(1) If the fare to be paid or the measures...

25(1) A taximeter shall be fitted with non-resettable totalisers for...

26Automatic change of tariffs is allowed due to the—

27If properties of the taxi are important for the correctness...

28For the purpose of testing after installation, the taximeter shall...

29A taximeter and its installation instructions specified by the manufacturer...

30The general essential requirement dealing with fraudulent use shall be...

31A taximeter shall be designed so that it can respect...

32The taximeter shall be equipped with a real-time clock by...

33The values of distance travelled and time elapsed, when displayed...

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 taximeter consists of a set of devices operating...

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

SCHEDULE 5ADAPTATIONS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

1In regulation 14— (a) for paragraph (1), substitute the following...

2In regulation 19— (a) the reference in paragraph (3) to...

3In regulation 25(3), the reference to section 14(1) of the...

4In Schedule 1, for the definition of “appropriate licensing authority”...

2006 No. 2304

weights and measures

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

Made24th August 2006

Laid before Parliament29th August 2006

Coming into force

regulations 1, 2, 7, 9 and 10 and Part 1 of Schedule 229th September 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)