{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meters-certification-regulations-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-7.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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Multi-register meters",
  "text": "Induction meters\n(1) (a) All induction meters with more than one register shall be tested on one register in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6 and on each and every other register at a low load using the method A, method B or method C test and at an intermediate or high load using the method A test.\n(b) For the same load conditions the maximum permitted difference between the error on one register, expressed as a percentage, and the error on any other register, expressed as a percentage, is 1 per cent.\nStatic meters\n(2) (a) All static meters with more than one register shall be tested on one register in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6.\n(b) For repaired static meters with more than one register—\n(i) where the total units are the sum of all the registers, a further test shall be carried out on each and every other register using method A but\n(ii) where the total units are recorded on one register, only that register is required to be tested in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 7 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/7",
    "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."
}