{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-cold-water-meters-regulations-1988/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-cold-water-meters-regulations-1988/regulation-5.json",
  "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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Principles of construction and marking",
  "text": "(1) Measuring equipment to which these Regulations apply shall consist of a cold-water meter.\n(2) Cold-water meters to which these Regulations apply shall either—\n(a) be made in accordance with a certificate of EEC pattern approval; or\n(b) be made in accordance with a certificate of approval and be legibly and durably marked with:—\n(i) the number of the certificate of approval preceded by the words “Certification No.” or “Cert. No.”;\n(ii) the name or trade name of the manufacturer or his trademark;\n(iii) the metrological class and nominal flowrate (Qn) in cubic metres per hour;\n(iv) the year of manufacture and individual serial number;\n(v) one or more arrows showing the direction of flow;\n(vi) the maximum operating pressure in bar, if this can exceed 10 bar;\n(vii) the letter “V” or “H”, if the meter can operate properly only in either the vertical (V) or horizontal (H) position;\nand shall be provided with such sealing arrangements as may be authorised in relation to the pattern as set out in the certificate of approval.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 1.8.1988, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/997/regulation/5",
    "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."
}