Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“the 1988 principal Regulations” means the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988^f1; and
“the 1992 principal Regulations” means the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1992^f2; and
“the relevant Measuring Instruments Community obligations” means the Community obligations of the United Kingdom under Council Directive No. 71/316/EEC^f3 (which relates to measuring instruments in general) and the Council Directives listed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and
“the relevant Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Community obligations” means the Community obligations of the United Kingdom under Council Directive 90/384/EEC^f4; and
“approved body”, “approved type”, “EC type-approval certificate”, “EC unit verification”, “instrument” and “sticker” shall have the same meanings as in the 1992 principal Regulations.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1988/186, amended by S.I. 1988/1128.
f2: S.I. 1992/1579.
f3: O.J. No. L202, 6.9.1971, p.1 (OJ/SE 1971 (II) p.707), as amended by Council Directives No. 72/427/EEC (O.J. No. L291, 28.12.1972, p.156, OJ/SE 1972, 28—30 Dec, p.71), No. 83/575/EEC (O.J. No. L332, 28.11.1983, p.43), No. 87/354/EEC (O.J. No. L192, 11.7.1987, p.43) and No. 87/355/EEC (O.J. No. L192, 11.7.1987, p.46).
f4: O.J. No. L189, 20.7.90, p.1 as corrected by corrigendum published in O.J. No. L258, 22.9.90, p.35.