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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-fees-amendment-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/630",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-fees-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the fees payable in connection with services undertaken by the Department of Trade and Industry under the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1579) and other Regulations relating to instruments for which the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/798) (“the 1993 Regulations”), as amended, provide.\nOn the coming into force of these Regulations—\n(1) the fees payable under regulations 3 and 4 of the 1993 Regulations in relation to which a rate per hour is specified in paragraph 1(a) of Schedules 2 and 3, are amended as follows—\n(a) the rate for EEC initial verification of certain measuring instruments and systems becomes £63.00 per hour (an increase from £58.00 per hour), (regulation 2(a));\n(b) the rate for EEC pattern approval becomes—\n(i) for equipment test unit staff, £63.00 per hour (an increase from £58.00 per hour);\n(ii) for examination staff, £63.00 per hour (an increase from £60.00 per hour); and\n(iii) for any time during which the pattern is tested in an environmental testing chamber, £15.00 per hour (an increase from £11.50 per hour) (regulation 2(b));\n(2) the fees payable under regulations 6 and 7 of the 1993 Regulations in relation to which a rate per hour is specified in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) of Schedules 5 and 6 (which relate to the grant of an EC type-approval certificate or for EC unit verification) become—\n(a) for examination staff, £63.00 per hour (an increase from £60.00 per hour);\n(b) for equipment test unit staff, £63.00 per hour (an increase from £58.00 per hour);\n(c) for any time during which the type or instrument is tested in an environmental testing chamber, £15.00 per hour (an increase from £11.50 per hour); and\n(d) for any time during which the type or instrument is tested for electromagnetic compatibility, £60.00 per hour (an increase from £58.50 per hour) (regulations 2(c) and (d)).",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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