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Regulation 37 Non-automatic weighing machines imported from a member State or an EEA StateF1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, every non-automatic weighing machine shall be tested in accordance with the appropriate testing procedures specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations or, where appropriate, those specified in the published particulars of the approved pattern; provided that the procedures specified in paragraphs 15 and 16 of that Schedule shall not be carried out unless the inspector considers it necessary to do so having regard to the characteristics of the machine or to the particular circumstances.

(2)

In the case of a machine marked with an approved minimum load, the limits of error specified in Schedule 3 to these Regulations shall apply for test loads of less than the amount of that load.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 36 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Weighing and Measuring Equipment and Meters (Amendment of Secondary Legislation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1387), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 11(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

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Reg. 37 in force at 2.5.2000, see reg. 1(1)