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Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

S.R. 2012/454 · Made 14 December 2012

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Gas

Made 14th December 2012

Coming into operation 17th January 2013

The Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by article 22(13) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996f1.

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Testing and stamping exemption for meters used for heavy industrial usage
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 17th January 2013.

2Testing and stamping exemption for meters used for heavy industrial usage

The provisions of Article 22 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall not have effect in relation to the supply of gas to a person under any agreement providing for the quantity of gas supplied to him to be ascertained by a meter designed for rates of flow which, if measured at a temperature of 15OC and a pressure of 1013.25 millibars, would exceed 1600 cubic metres an hour.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation on 14th December 2012.

L.S.

Shane Lynch

Chief Executive of the

Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations exempt those meters designed for a rate of flow exceeding 1600 cubic metres an hour from the meter testing and stamping requirements of Article 22 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.