# The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988 (revoked), Paragraph 2: Examination for EEC pattern approval

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Any examination for the purposes of Regulation 8 above shall consist of such studies and tests of instruments of the pattern to which the application relates (both as respects construction and functioning) and of the design to which instruments of that pattern are constructed as are in the opinion of the Secretary of State necessary in order to determine whether instruments of the pattern in question satisfy the measurement characteristics and the technical design and functioning requirements laid down by the relevant Directive.
(2) A pattern shall not be approved under these Regulations unless the examination carried out under this paragraph indicates that instruments of the pattern in question will maintain the measurement characteristics required by the relevant Directive under normal conditions of use.
(3) The Secretary of State may require the applicant to provide such facilities and assistance as appear to him to be necessary for carrying out the examination under this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/186/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1988-revoked/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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