2006 No. 36

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Weights and Measures (Passing as Fit for Use for Trade and Adjustment Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 9(3) and 43 of the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 19812 and now vested in it 3.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Passing as Fit for Use for Trade and Adjustment Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2006.

Revocation and saving2

1

Subject to paragraph (2), the Weights and Measures (Passing as Fit for Use for Trade and Adjustment Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20054 are revoked.

2

The Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall continue to apply in relation to any item of weighing or measuring equipment passed as fit for use for trade and where necessary stamped or adjustment service provided before 1st April 2006.

Interpretation3

In these Regulations—

  • “the Order” means the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;

  • “the 1984 Regulations” means the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel by Road Tanker) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19845; and

  • “the 1998 Regulations” means the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19986.

Prescribed fees4

1

In the Schedule —

a

Part I shall have effect for prescribing the fee to be paid with a view to having any item of weighing or measuring equipment to which Article 9 of the Order applies passed as fit for use for trade and where necessary stamped; and

b

Part II shall have effect for prescribing the fee to be paid with a view to having any item of weighing or measuring equipment to which Article 9B of the Order applies passed as fit for use for trade and where necessary stamped.

2

The appropriate fee shall be payable whether or not the equipment is passed as fit for use for trade and stamped.

3

The fee to be paid for the adjustment of any weight or measure in the course of a service provided pursuant to Article 43 of the Order shall be an amount calculated in accordance with the fee prescribed in paragraph D of Part I of the Schedule.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 10th February 2006

M. BohillA senior officer of theDepartment of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

SCHEDULE

Regulation 4

PART 1ITEMS OF WEIGHING OR MEASURING EQUIPMENT TO WHICH ARTICLE 9 OF THE ORDER APPLIES

In this Part, the abbreviation employed to refer to the kilogramme unit of measurement is kg

NOTE – previous fees in brackets

£

A. Measuring equipment for measuring liquid fuel or lubricants, or mixtures thereof, each instrument —

(1) single type

77.00

(75.00)

(2) multi-product types with two sales indicators common to each delivery nozzle when in use

126.00

(122.00)

(3) multi-product types with one sales indicator common to each delivery nozzle when in use—

a

for testing an entire instrument consisting of —

i

two meters and associated sales indicator

108.00

(105.00)

ii

three meters and associated sales indicator

146.00

(142.00)

iii

four or more meters and associated sales indicator

203.00

(197.00)

b

for retesting part of an instrument consisting of any number of meters as provided for in regulation 22(1)(a) of the 1998 Regulations where—

i

only one meter is retested

77.00

(75.00)

ii

only two meters are retested

108.00

(105.00)

iii

only three meters are retested

146.00

(142.00)

B. Non-automatic weighing equipment, each item of equipment or (if fitted with two or more weigh tables or platforms connected to one or more indicating mechanisms), each weigh table or platform —

capacity as marked on the equipment —

not exceeding 100 kg

22.00

(21.00)

exceeding 100 kg but not exceeding 1,000 kg

48.00

(47.00)

exceeding 1,000 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg

115.00

(112.00)

exceeding 5,000 kg but not exceeding 30,000 kg

250.00

(242.00)

exceeding 30,000 kg

375.00

(364.00)

C. Measuring equipment for measuring liquid fuel delivered from road tankers —

(1) meter measuring systems, each system —

basic fee

106.00

(103.00)

where more than one liquid is used in testing, each additional liquid

30.00

(29.00)

for retesting of a system solely on the occasion of an occurrence as defined in either regulation 65 or 66 of the 1984 Regulations

22.00

(21.00)

(2) dipstick measuring systems, each system —

basic fee (for calibration of each compartment and production of calibration chart)

122.00

(118.00)

initial dipstick

15.00

(15.00)

spare dipstick

15.00

(15.00)

replacement dipstick

30.00

(29.00)

In this paragraph the expressions “meter measuring system”, “replacement dipstick”, “road tanker” and “spare dipstick” shall have the meanings given to them by regulation 2(1) of the 1984 Regulations

D. Any item of weighing or measuring equipment not falling within paragraph A, B or C of this Part —

per man/hour spent at the place of submission

Inspector rate 37.00

(36.00)

Assistant rate 26.00

(25.00)

PART IIITEMS OF WEIGHING OR MEASURING EQUIPMENT TO WHICH ARTICLE 9B OF THE ORDER APPLIES

NOTE – previous fees in brackets

£

Any item of weighing or measuring equipment to which Article 9B of the Order applies —

per man/hour spent at the place of submission

Inspector rate 37.00

(36.00)

Assistant rate 26.00

(25.00)

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations prescribe the fees to be paid in having certain weighing or measuring equipment passed as fit for use for trade by inspectors of weights and measures and for the adjustment by them of weights and measures.

The Regulations additionally make provision for an increase in the fees by an average of 3%.

The Weights and Measures (Passing as Fit for Use for Trade and Adjustment Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 are revoked except in relation to any item of equipment passed as fit for use for trade or adjustment service provided before 1st April 2006.