13(1)In subsection (2) of section 17 of that Act (meter testing and stamping)—
(a)after the words “meter examiner” there shall be inserted the words “who is in the civil service of the Crown”; and
(b)for the words “the prescribed fee” there shall be substituted the words “the requisite fee”.
(2)In subsections (6) and (7) of that section, after the words “meter examiners” there shall be inserted the words “who are in the civil service of the Crown”.
(3)In subsection (8) of that section, paragraph (d) and the word “and” immediately preceding that paragraph shall cease to have effect.
(4)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(8A)The fees to be paid to meter examiners who are in the civil service of the Crown for examining, stamping and re-examining meters, and the persons by whom they are to be paid, shall be such as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, from time to time determine; and a determination under this subsection may—
(a)make different provision for different areas or in relation to different cases or different circumstances; and
(b)make such supplementary, incidental or transitional provision as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient.”