Introductory text

United Kingdom

Weights And Measures

Made 22nd February 2015

Laid before Parliament 25th February 2015

Coming into force

for the purpose of Part 1 of the Schedule 25th March 2015

for remaining purposes 1st December 2015

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated^f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 in relation to the regulation of specifications, construction, placing on the market and use of equipment intended for weighing, measuring or testing or for ancillary purposes.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and the powers conferred by sections 10(1), 11(1) and (4), 15(1) and (2), 86(1) and 94(1)^f3 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985^f4.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1975/427.
f2: 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
f3: Section 94(1) defines “prescribed” for the purposes of the 1985 Act as prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations.
f4: 1985 c.72.