# The Measuring Instruments (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) (Use for Trade) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

In these Regulations—
“the 2006 Regulations” means the Measuring Instruments (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2006;
“automatic gravimetric filling instrument” means an automatic weighing instrument that fills containers with a predetermined and virtually constant mass of product from bulk;
“essential requirements” means the requirements set out in Schedule 1 to the 2006 Regulations;
“instrument” has the same meaning as automatic gravimetric filling instrument;
“load receptor” means a part of an automatic gravimetric filling instrument on which loads are placed for the purpose of their being weighed;
“maximum capacity” means the maximum discrete load which the automatic gravimetric filling instrument is authorised to weigh and that can be weighed automatically on a load receptor;
“minimum capacity” means the minimum discrete load which the automatic gravimetric filling instrument is authorised to weigh and that can be weighed automatically on a load receptor;
“place on the market” means making available for the first time in a member State an automatic gravimetric filling instrument intended for an end user, whether for reward or free of charge; and
“put into use” means the first use of an automatic gravimetric filling instrument intended for the end user for the purposes for which it was intended.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/384/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-automatic-gravimetric-filling-instruments-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-2
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