Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel Delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 1983.
The Regulations make the following changes of substance:
withdrawal of the requirement imposed by Regulation 19A that, on and after 1st September 1988, every dipstick measuring system incorporated in a bottom loaded compartment be made in accordance with a pattern in respect of which a pattern approval certificate is in force (regulation 2(2));
provision for the acceptance of test results for measuring equipment imported from other member States of the European Union or contracting parties to the European Economic Area Agreement (regulations 2(3) and 2(4)).
Copies of EN 45001 (BS 7501) referred to in regulation 2(3) may be obtained from any of the sales outlets operated by the British Standards Institution (BSI), from any HMSO bookshop or by post from BSI at Linford Wood, Milton Keynes MK14 6LE.