Regulation 2 Interpretation and extent

“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989^f1;

“the Directive on electrical energy meters” means Council Directive No. 76/891/EEC^f2 as amended by Commission Directive No. 82/621/EEC^f3 and Protocol 1 and Part IX of Annex II to the EEA Agreement;

“the Director” means the Director General of Electricity Supply or the Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland, as the case may be;

“EC initial verification” includes “EEC initial verification” and “EC pattern approval” includes “EEC pattern approval”;

“EC mark” includes “EEC mark”, and “EC sign” includes “EEC sign”;

“the EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992^f4, together with the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993^f5;

“EEA State” means a state which, at the date of the entry into force of these Regulations, is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement;

“electricity meter examiner” means a meter examiner appointed under paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Act or paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 7 to the Northern Ireland Order;

“electricity supplier” has the meaning given to it by paragraph 13 of Schedule 7 to the Act or paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Northern Ireland Order, as the case may be;

“manufacturer”, where more than one person is responsible for the manufacture of an instrument, means the person responsible for the final stage of manufacture;

“the 1988 Regulations” means the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988^f6;

“the Northern Ireland Order” means the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992^f7;

“relevant instrument” means an instrument of a category to which the Directive on electrical meters applies; and

“the seal of EC initial verification” means the seal incorporating the mark of EC initial verification.