Paragraph 5 Modifications to the application of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996E1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Article 22 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 M1 (meter testing and stamping) has effect in its application to a meter which is a regulated measuring instrument subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) below.

(2)

If the meter is put into use within the meaning of and in accordance with these Regulations (or prior to the commencement date, the Measuring Instruments (Gas Meters) Regulations 2006), it shall for the purposes of article 22(1) and (10), be deemed to have been stamped.

(3)

Article 22(2) (insofar as it relates to the duty of a meter examiner to stamp, or authorise the stamping, of a meter) and (3) to (5) must be disregarded.

(4)

Paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply if the error of measurement of the meter exceeds—

(a)

in relation to a Class 1.5 gas meter within the meaning of F1Schedule 1D to the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016, twice the maximum permissible error as set out, in relation to that class, in Table 1 in paragraph 2.1 of F2Schedule 1D to the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016;

(b)

in relation to a Class 1.0 relevant instrument within the meaning of F3Schedule 1D to the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016, the maximum permissible error as set out, in relation to that class, in Table 1 in paragraph 2.1 of F4Schedule 1D to the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(4)(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 27 para. 50(c)(i) (with Sch. 27 para. 50(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(4)(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 27 para. 50(c)(ii) (with Sch. 27 para. 50(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(4)(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 27 para. 50(c)(i) (with Sch. 27 para. 50(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(4)(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 27 para. 50(c)(ii) (with Sch. 27 para. 50(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1996 No. 275 (N.I. 2).

Extent

E1: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only