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The Weighing and Measuring Equipment and Meters (Amendment of Secondary Legislation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

S.I. 2018/1387 · Made 18 December 2018

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Exiting The European Union

Electricity

Gas

Weights And Measures

Sift requirements satisfied 13th November 2018

Made 18th December 2018

Laid before Parliament 19th December 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f1.

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2018 c. 16.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendments to secondary legislation
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule: AMENDMENTS TO SECONDARY LEGISLATION
  5. 1Gas (Meters) Regulations 1983
  6. 2Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 1983
  7. 3Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1986
  8. 4Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986
  9. 5Measuring Equipment (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 1988
  10. 6Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1995
  11. 7Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1995
  12. 8Meters (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Manner of Installation) Regulations 1998
  13. 9Meters (Certification) Regulations 1998
  14. 10Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2000
  15. 11Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000
  16. 12Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 2001
  17. 13Weighing Equipment (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2003
  18. 14Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations 2003
  19. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Weighing and Measuring Equipment and Meters (Amendment of Secondary Legislation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on exit day.

(3)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

2Amendments to secondary legislation

The Schedule contains amendments to secondary legislation.

Signature

Kelly Tolhurst

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

18th December 2018

1Gas (Meters) Regulations 1983

In the Gas (Meters) Regulations 1983f1 in regulation 3A(1) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

2Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 1983

(1)

The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 1983f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 55A—

(a)

in the heading for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 57 for “another member State”, in both places, substitute “a member State”.

3Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1986

(1)

The Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1986f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 23A—

(a)

in the heading for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 32A—

(a)

in the heading for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(4)

In regulation 34(2) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”.

4Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986

(1)

The Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 23B—

(a)

in the heading for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 25 for “another member State”, in both places, substitute “a member State”.

5Measuring Equipment (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 1988

(1)

The Measuring Equipment (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 1988f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 7A—

(a)

in the heading for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 8(1A) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”.

6Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1995

(1)

The Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1995f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) in the definition of “EEA State” omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 13—

(a)

in the heading for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”.

(4)

In regulation 16(1) and (2) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”.

7Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1995

In the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1995f1 in regulation 18(2)(b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

8Meters (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Manner of Installation) Regulations 1998

(1)

The Meters (Approval of Pattern or Construction and Manner of Installation) Regulations 1998f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) in the definition of “EEA State” at the end insert “, but does not include the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 5(5) omit “other”.

9Meters (Certification) Regulations 1998

(1)

The Meters (Certification) Regulations 1998f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) in the definition of “EEA State” at the end insert “, but does not include the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 3(1)(b) omit “other”.

(4)

In regulation 4(1)(b) omit “other”.

(5)

In regulation 8(1)(c) and (2) omit “other”.

10Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2000

(1)

The Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2000f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 8—

(a)

in the heading for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 9(2) for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”.

11Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000

(1)

The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 36—

(a)

in the heading for “another member State” substitute “a member State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”.

(3)

In regulation 39(5) for “another member State” substitute “a member State”.

12Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 2001

(1)

The Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 2001f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 14—

(a)

in the heading for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 15(2) for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”.

13Weighing Equipment (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2003

(1)

The Weighing Equipment (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2003f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 8—

(a)

in the heading for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 9(2) for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”.

14Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations 2003

(1)

The Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations 2003f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 9—

(a)

in the heading for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3)

In regulation 10(2) for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in order to address deficiencies in retained EU law arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (“the EU”). The deficiencies fall within section 8(2)(g) and (3)(a) of that Act.

These Regulations amend secondary legislation relating to weighing and measuring equipment and meters. That legislation contains provisions that require the recognition of testing carried out in other EU member States or in other States in the European Economic Area (“EEA States”) and that recognise technical standards and requirements applicable in such States. The references to EU member States and EEA States other than the United Kingdom reflect the United Kingdom’s former membership of the EU and the EEA and are no longer appropriate. These Regulations amend them accordingly so that they are references simply to member States of the EU and EEA States.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.