# The Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2000, Regulation 4: Transitional exclusion

Extent: E+W+S

(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 1986; 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/388/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-automatic-gravimetric-filling-instruments-regulations-2000/regulation-4
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