The Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Requirements to be satisfied for passing as fit for use for trade

6.  Every automatic catchweighing instrument shall, before it is passed as fit for use for trade,—

(a) comply with a pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval remains in force at the time when such instrument is so passed;

(b) have affixed to it the applicable descriptive markings relating to that automatic catchweighing instrument and have provision for a place for the application of the specified verification marks, in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 4; and

(c) subject to regulation 9, have successfully undergone initial verification testing and, as part of that testing, an accuracy class has been confirmed in respect of it; for the purposes of these Regulations, initial verification testing means testing of an automatic catchweighing instrument in accordance with the procedure specified in clause 5.3 (initial verification) of Part 1 of OIML R51 or on an equivalent basis.