Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations:—

• F1“the Authority” means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;

• “certified test report” means a copy certified by the nominated laboratory as a true copy of the full report of the tests carried out by the laboratory for the purpose of establishing whether the pattern or construction or manner of installation of the meter is capable of meeting the requirement in regulation 5(1) and the results of those tests;

• “EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992^f1 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993^f2;

• “EEA State” means a state which, at the date of the entry into force of these Regulations, is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement F2, but does not include the United Kingdom;

• “meter examiner” means a person appointed under paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Electricity Act 1989; and

• F3“nominated laboratory” means a laboratory nominated by the Authority for the purpose of testing meters.

• “notification of approval” means a notification issued under regulation 7.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or the Schedule is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in or the Schedule to these Regulations; and any reference in a regulation or the Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation or of the Schedule bearing that number.