3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations apply to an automatic gravimetric filling instrument which is—
(a)for use for trade; and
(b)first placed on the market or put into use on or after 15th October 2007.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to an automatic gravimetric filling instrument—
(a)in respect of which a certificate of approval has been granted before 15th October 2007 and is in force; and
(b)which is first passed as fit for use for trade and stamped under the Weights and Measures Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1967(1); the Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986(2); or the Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(3).
(3) These Regulations do not apply to an automatic gravimetric filling instrument to which the 2006 Regulations do not apply by virtue of regulation 3(3) thereof.
S.R.& O. (N.I.) 1967 No 237 as amended by S.R.& O. (N.I.) 1971 No 114, S.R.& O. (N.I.) 1972 No 278, S.R.& O. (N.I.) 1974 No 280, S.R. 1979 No. 436, S.R.1985 No. 319, S.R. 1986 No. 308, S.R. 1986 No. 311, S.R. 1991 No. 266, S.R. 1993 No. 441; S.R. 1998 No.48; S.R. 2005 No. 27; S.R. 2006 No. 154 and S.R. 2006 No. 157
S.R. 1986 No. 311 as amended by S.R. 1995 No. 228, S.R. 1998 No. 374, S.R. 2002 No. 71, S.R. 2004 No. 189 and S.R. 2005 No. 26