Paragraph 6 Modifications to the application of the Electricity Act 1989
England, Wales and Scotland
Schedule 7 to the Electricity Act 1989 M1 (use etc. of electricity meters) has effect in its application to a meter which is a regulated measuring instrument under regulation 3(2)(c) subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) below.
If the meter is put into use within the meaning of and in accordance with these Regulations (or, prior to the commencement date was put into use within the meaning of and in accordance with the Measuring Instruments (Active Electrical Energy Meters) Regulations 2006 M2), it shall, for the purpose of paragraphs 2(1)(a), 3(1)(a) and 9(3) of the Schedule, be deemed to be of an approved pattern or construction and installed in an approved manner; and the following rules apply—
for the purposes of paragraphs 2(1)(b) and 3(1)(b) of the Schedule, the meter shall be deemed to be certified under paragraph 5;
for the purpose of the application of paragraphs 7(1)(c) and (2) and 9(3) and (4) of the Schedule, “prescribed margins of error” shall mean the maximum permissible error as set out in paragraph 3 of F1Schedule 1E of the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016.
Paragraphs 5(2)(a) and 7(1)(b) of Schedule 7 must be disregarded.
Sub-paragraph (2)(a) above does not apply if the error of measurement of the meter exceeds the maximum permissible error as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1E of the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016.
If a meter which is a regulated measuring instrument is put into use within the meaning of and in accordance with these Regulations—
regulation 10 of the Meters (Certification) Regulations 1998 M3; and
regulation 3 of the Meters (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Manner of Installation) Regulations 1998 M4,
do not apply to the meter.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 3 para. 6 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(d) (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
- M2
- M3
- M4