Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations consolidate with amendments the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/798) as amended. They prescribe the fees to be charged in relation to certain services provided by the Department of Trade and Industry with regard to measuring instruments.
Regulations 3 and 4 and Schedules 1, Part I, 2 and 3 apply to all measuring instruments, whilst regulations 5 to 7 and Schedules 1, Part II, 4, 5 and 6 apply only to non-automatic weighing instruments.
These Regulations stipulate the new fees payable with regard to measuring instruments as follows:
EEC initial verification of certain measuring instruments and systems: £65.00 per hour (regulation 3 and Schedule 2);
EEC initial verification of all classes of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers: a fixed fee of £52.00 (regulation 3 and Schedule 2);
EEC pattern approval: for examiner staff £65.00 per hour, equipment test unit staff £65.00 per hour, for use of an environmental testing chamber £15.00 per hour (regulation 4 and Schedule 3).
These Regulations update the references to the services provided in relation to and stipulate the new fees payable with regard to non-automatic weighing instruments as follows:
designation and inspection of approved bodies: a fixed fee of £260.00 with additional amounts to be computed as incurred (regulation 5 and Schedule 4);
grant of an EC type-approval certificate, the approval of modifications or additions to an approved type and EC unit verification: for examiner staff £65.00 per hour, for equipment test unit staff £65.00 per hour, for use of an environmental testing chamber £15.00 per hour and if tested for electromagnetic compatibility £60.00 per hour, with additional amounts to be computed as incurred (regulations 5 to 7 and Schedules 4 to 6).
All the fees mentioned in these Regulations are payable monthly in arrears except those relating to fixed fees which are payable on completion of the work.