Regulation 4 Transitional exclusionI1
England, Wales and Scotland
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations do not apply to a filling instrument–
(a)
which comprises a filling machine for the purposes of the Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1986f1; and
(b)
which has been first passed as fit for use for trade, for the purposes of those Regulations, within a period of 10 years from the date on which these Regulations came into force.
(2)
The exception provided in paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of a filling instrument which bears the marking “R 61”.