Paragraph 7 Modifications to the application of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992E1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Schedule 7 to the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 M1 (use etc. of electricity meters) 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 was put into use under the Measuring Instruments (Active Electrical Energy Meters) Regulations 2006), it shall, for the purpose of paragraphs 3(1)(a), 4(1)(a) and 10(3) of the Schedule, be deemed to be of an approved pattern or construction and installed in an approved manner; and the following rules shall apply—

(a)

for the purposes of paragraphs 3(1)(b) and 4(1)(b), the meter shall be deemed to be certified under paragraph 6; and

(b)

for the purpose of the application of paragraphs 8(1)(c) and (2) and 10(3) and (4), “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.

(3)

Paragraphs 6(2)(a) and 8(1)(b) of Schedule 7 must be disregarded.

(4)

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.

(5)

If a meter which is a regulated measuring instrument is put into use within the meaning of and in accordance with these Regulations—

(a)

regulation 10 of the Meters (Certification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 M2; and

(b)

regulation 3 of the Meters (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Manner of Installation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 M3,

do not apply to the meter.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 3 para. 7 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: S.I 1992 No 231(N.I. 1).
M2: S.R.N.I. 1998 No. 444.
M3: S.R.N.I. 1998 No. 443.

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