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Regulation 17 AmendmentI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

In regulation 3 (application) of the Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006—

(a)

the following sub-paragraph is inserted after sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)—

“(j)

subject to paragraph (6), automatic catchweight weighing machines of accuracy classification Class III or Class IIII;”; and

(b)

the following paragraph is added at the end—

“(6)

Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(j), these Regulations shall apply to automatic catchweight weighing machines of accuracy classification Class III or Class IIII which, within a period of 10 years from the date on which the Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006f1 came into operation, are first passed as fit for use for trade for the purposes of these Regulations.”.

(2)

The Weights and Measures Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1967f2 are hereby amended in regulation 3(2) by the insertion after sub-paragraph (l) of the following sub-paragraph—

“(m)

automatic catchweighing instruments to which the Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006f3 apply.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 17 in operation at 8.5.2006, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 2006 No. 154

f2

S.R. & O. 1967 No. 237 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

f3

S.R. 2006 No. 154