Explanatory note

The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Gas Volume Meters) Regulations 1988 applied the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988, subject to modifications, to certain gas volume meters to which Council Directive No. 71/318/EEC, as amended, applied and implemented the obligations of the United Kingdom under that Directive and under Council Directive 1971/316/EEC, as amended. The effect was to confer functions on the Secretary of State in relation to EEC pattern approval and initial verification of such meters.

The present Regulations transfer these functions to the Director General of Gas Supply in relation to Great Britain (Northern Ireland being unaffected).

The Regulations also confer on the Director General power to charge fees in respect of the costs incurred by him for the purpose of carrying out the functions so transferred. In consequence, the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Gas Volume Meters) (Fees) Regulations 1983, which set out the fees formerly chargeable by the Secretary of State in respect of these matters, are revoked.