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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-fees-regulations-1993/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-fees-regulations-1993/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/798",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-fees-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1988 principal Regulations” means the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988; and\n“the 1992 principal Regulations” means the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1992; and\n“the relevant Measuring Instruments Community obligations” means the Community obligations of the United Kingdom under Council Directive No. 71/316/EEC (which relates to measuring instruments in general) and the Council Directives listed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and\n“the relevant Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Community obligations” means the Community obligations of the United Kingdom under Council Directive 90/384/EEC; and\n“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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/186, amended by S.I. 1988/1128."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/1579."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "O.J. No. L189, 20.7.90, p.1 as corrected by corrigendum published in O.J. No. L258, 22.9.90, p.35."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/798/regulation/2",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}