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Regulation 5 General Duties for use for trade

No person shall use for trade an automatic rail-weighbridge unless—

(a)

it has been erected and installed in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 2;

(b)

the requirements of Schedule 3 in respect of its use and manner of use are complied with; and

(c)

when it is used as a non-automatic weighing instrument that serves to determine the mass of a load by using the action of gravity—

(i)

it complies with the requirements of either the Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000 M1 or the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000 M2 and

(ii)

it is equipped with an enabling device for non-automatic operation that prevents both automatic operation and weighing-in-motion.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

S.I. 2000/932.

M2

S.I. 2000/3236.