The Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, consequential disapplication and amendment

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Application

   4. 4. Transitional exclusion

3. PART II GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR USE FOR TRADE

   1. 5. General duties for use for trade

   2. 6. Requirements to be satisfied for passing as fit for use for trade

   3. 7. Supplementary indication

   4. 8. Supplementary requirements

   5. 9. Filling Instruments imported from another EEA State

4. PART III TESTING AND STAMPING

   1. 10. Passing as fit for use for trade

   2. 11. Stamping

   3. 12. Manner of obliteration of stamps

   4. 13. Obliteration of stamps

   5. 14. An inspector shall obliterate the stamp on any filling instrument...

   6. 15. An inspector may obliterate the stamp on any filling instrument...

   7. 16. (1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the obliteration of...

5. Signature

6. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      (Manner of erection and installation)

      1. Cleaning and testing

      2. Feeding device (Extract from Clause 3.5 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

      3. Load receptor (Clause 3.6 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

      4. Instruments using the subtractive weighing principle shall be designed to...

      5. The load receptor shall provide access and facilities so that...

      6. Manual discharge of the load receptor shall not be possible...

      7. Equilibrium mechanism (Clause 3.8 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

      8. Installation (Extract from Clause 5.3.1 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      (Requirements relating to use)

      1. Static temperatures (Clause 2.5.1 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

      2. Where a filling instrument is marked with a temperature range,...

      3. Tilting (Clause 2.5.3 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

      4. Where a level indicator is present it shall enable the...

      5. Suitability for use (Clause 3.1 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

      6. Zero-setting and tare devices (Extract from Clause 3.7 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

      7. The weighing unit shall be in stable equilibrium when the...

      8. Specified purpose or manner of use

      9. Minimum or maximum capacity

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      (Accuracy classes for filling instruments)

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      (Descriptive markings and verification markings: Extract from Part 1 of OIML R 61 and additional marking)

      1. 3.10. Descriptive markings

      2. 3.10.1. Markings shown in full

      3. 3.10.2. Markings shown in code

      4. 3.10.3. Presentation of descriptive markings

      5. Verification marks

      6. 3.11.1. Position

      7. 3.11.2. Mounting

      8. Additional descriptive marking

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      (Prescribed limits of error)

      1. Maximum permissible deviation of each fill (Clause 2.2.2 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

      2. (x) shall be 1 x 10k;, 2 x 10k;, 5...

      3. Maximum permissible preset value error (Clause 2.3 of Part 1 of OIML R 61)

      4. Clause 6.3 of Part 1 of OIML R 61

      5. (Number of fills required to find the average value)

      6. The number of individual test fills, required to find the...

7. Explanatory Note