{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1566",
  "legislation_title": "The Meters (Certification) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;\n“approved” means approved by or under regulations made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Act;\n“authorised examiner” means a person who is authorised in accordance with regulation 5;\n“authorised manufacturer” means a person who is authorised in accordance with regulation 3;\n“authorised repairer” means a person who is authorised in accordance with regulation 4;\n“the Authority” means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;\n...\n“directions” means any directions issued by the Director under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 7 to the Act;\n“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;\n“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 , but does not include the United Kingdom;\n“equivalent European provisions” has the meaning given by regulation 8;\n“meter examiner” means a person appointed under paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Act;\n“nominated laboratory” means a laboratory nominated by the Authority for the purpose of testing meters; and\n“permitted margins of error” means the margins of error referred to in regulation 7.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation in or the Schedule to these Regulations bearing that number; any reference in a regulation or a Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation or Schedule bearing that number; and any reference in a Schedule to a numbered table is a reference to the table bearing that number at the end of that Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(2) inserted (1.2.2003) by The Electricity (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Installation and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3129), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 5(2)(a) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (23.3.2026) by virtue of The Meters (Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/162), regs. 1(2), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Weighing and Measuring Equipment and Meters (Amendment of Secondary Legislation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1387), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 9(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(2) inserted (1.2.2003) by The Electricity (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Installation and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3129), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 5(2)(b) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.8.1998, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.572."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1566/regulation/2",
    "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."
}