Section 9 Application to existing product and metrology provisionI1

The power to make product regulations includes power to make—

The power to make metrology regulations includes power to make, in connection with existing metrology provision, any provision described in sections 6 to 8 that could be made if the existing metrology provision were provision in metrology regulations.

In this section—

• “existing metrology provision” means provision in—

  1. (a)

     subordinate legislation made before the passing of this Act, or

  2. (b)

     assimilated direct legislation,

  as amended from time to time, that could be made under section 5;

• “existing product provision” means provision in—

  1. (a)

     subordinate legislation made before the passing of this Act, or

  2. (b)

     assimilated direct legislation,

  as amended from time to time, that could be made under section 1;

• “existing product requirements” means requirements contained in existing product provision that could be product requirements in product regulations;

• “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978 (see section 21 of that Act).