11(1)In section 1(8)(a) of the Weights and Measures Act 1979 (regulations) the words from " and for the payment" to the end shall cease to have effect
(2)The following subsection shall be added after the said section 1(8): —
“(9)Where regulations made by virtue of subsection (8)(a) of this section provide for inspection, testing and certification of equipment, a local weights and measures authority may charge such reasonable fees as they may determine for the inspection, testing and certification of the equipment.”.
12In section 4 of that Act, in subsection (3) (application of administrative provisions of Weights and Measures Act 1963)—
(a)substitute " references " for " reference ", in the first place where it occurs ; and
(b)omit—
(i)the words from " to the investigation of a complaint " to " are not being properly discharged " ;
(ii)the words " in sections 38(1)" ; and
(iii)the words " 39(3) the references ".