{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1566",
  "legislation_title": "The Meters (Certification) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Methods of accuracy test",
  "text": "The tests in table 2 shall be carried out by one of the following methods—\nMethod A test\n(1)A long period dial test where the advance of a kWh display, which is part of or connected to a meter under test, is compared with the advance of a precision kilowatt-hour meter;\nMethod B test\n(2)A short period test where the rate of advance of a meter under test is compared to the rate of advance of a precision kilowatt-hour meter; or\nMethod C test\n(3)A short period test where the actual rate of advance of a meter, when tested under constant power conditions over a specified test period, is compared to the calculated rate of advance for those conditions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 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/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}