{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1566",
  "legislation_title": "The Meters (Certification) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Duration of certification",
  "text": "A meter certified or deemed to be certified for the purpose of the Act shall cease to be so certified or deemed to be so certified—\n(1) if the approval of the pattern or construction of the meter is revoked;\n(2) if it is or becomes installed in a manner which is not an approved manner of installation;\n(3) if any alteration is made to the meter;\n(4) if the meter ceases to operate within the permitted margins of error; or\n(4A) subject to any extension to the duration of certification by type under regulation 10A, after the number of years specified for that type of meter in column 7 of the Table in Schedule 4A have passed since the meter was first certified for the purpose of the Act.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 10(4A) and word inserted (23.3.2026) by The Meters (Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/162), regs. 1(2), 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 10(5)(6) omitted (23.3.2026) by virtue of The Meters (Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/162), regs. 1(2), 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 excluded (28.12.2016) by The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1153), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 6(5)(a) (with regs. 3(4), 5, 67(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in force at 1.8.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1566/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:26:36.743610+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}