{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-cold-water-meters-regulations-1988/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/997",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Equipment (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-cold-water-meters-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;\n“certificate of approval” means a certificate of approval of a pattern of cold-water meter granted or renewed by the Secretary of State under section 12 of the Act;\n“certificate of EEC pattern approval” means a certificate of approval of a pattern of cold-water meter granted or renewed by a member State of the Economic Community in accordance with the Directive;\n“cold-water meter” means an integrating measuring instrument for continuously determining the volume of water (and no other liquid) passing through it in the temperature range 0° to 30° Celsius, and which comprises a measuring device linked to an indicating device;\n“the Directive” means Council Directive No. 75/33/EEC;\n“manufacturer’s mark” means a mark authorised by the Secretary of State on a meter to which these Regulations apply, which identifies all or any of the following:\n(a)the manufacturer of the meter;\n(b)the place and date of manufacture;\n(c)the group of meters of which the meter forms part;\n“mark of EEC initial verification” means the mark described in paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988;\n“maximum flowrate (Qmax)” is the highest flowrate at which the meter can function over limited periods without damage, without exceeding the prescribed limits of error on passing as fit for use for trade and without exceeding the value for pressure loss stated in the certificate of approval or certificate of EEC pattern approval as the case may be;\n“minimum flowrate (Qmin)” is the flowrate fixed as a function of the nominal flowrate (Qn) and above which the meter does not exceed the prescribed limits of error on passing as fit for use for trade;\n“nominal flowrate (Qn)” is the flowrate in cubic metres per hour which is used to designate the meter, being equal to half the maximum flowrate (Qmax);\n“prescribed limits of error” has the meaning set out in regulation 10 below;\n“quality system” means the organisation structure, responsibilities, activities, resources and events that together provide organised procedures and methods of implementation to ensure the capability of the organisation to meet quality requirements, such system having been assessed as meeting the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001: 2000 by an independent certification body accredited by the Secretary of State;\n“the stamp” means the prescribed stamp;\n“transitional flowrate (Qt)” is the flowrate fixed as a function of the nominal flowrate (Qn) and at which the prescribed limits of error on passing as fit for use for trade change from 2 per cent to 5 per cent; and\n“verification scale” means the fastest-moving visible graduated element of the indicating device of a meter.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (28.9.2001) by The Measuring Equipment (Cold-water Meters) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1229), regs. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.8.1988, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L14, 20.1.1975, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/186."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See S.I. 1968/1615."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/997/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:05:36.134843+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}