# The Measuring Equipment (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W+S

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1 These Regulations apply to cold-water meters for use for trade in the measuring of any supply of water for domestic purposes in England and Wales. The Regulations only apply to those meters installed on or after 1st August 1988, and prescribe such meters for the purposes of section 11(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985. The effect of prescription is to make it unlawful to use these meters for trade unless they have been tested, passed as fit for such use and either marked by the manufacturer in accordance with the Regulations or stamped by an inspector of weights and measures. These requirements of prescription are also satisfied by a cold-water meter complying with Council Directive No 75/33/EEC and bearing the sign of EEC pattern approval and mark of EEC initial verification.
2 The Regulations make provision for:—
(a) the installation of appropriate meters (regulation 4);
(b) the principles of construction of meters, namely a requirement for pattern approval either in accordance with Council Directive No 75/33/EEC or to satisfy the Secretary of State as to a pattern’s suitability for use for trade (regulation 5);
(c) the marking of meters when made in accordance with a certificate of approval (regulation 5);
(d) their testing, including testing based on the results of testing a sample from a group of meters where these have been tested by the manufacturer and marked with a manufacturer’s mark (regulations 6 and 7); and
(e) passing as fit for use for trade, stamping (where no manufacturer’s mark has been placed on the meters), prescribed limits of error and obliteration of stamps and manufacturer’s marks (regulations 7 to 11).
3 Copies of British Standards (see regulations 2, 4 and 7) can be obtained from any of the sales outlets operated by the British Standards Institution (BSI) or by post from the BSI at Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/997/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-cold-water-meters-regulations-1988/note
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