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(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Locomotives etc. Regulations 1906 (Metrication) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st November 1981.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” mean the Regulations amended by these Regulations that is to say—
The Locomotives and Waggons (Used on Lines and Sidings) Regulations 1906.
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The provisions of the Regulations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations in column 1 shall be amended by substituting for the measurements set out opposite thereto in column 3 the measurements set out in the corresponding entry in column 4.
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Where any plant in existence or under construction immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations complied with the requirements of the principal Regulations as then in force, then that plant shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of the principal Regulations as amended by these Regulations.
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
David Waddington
Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Employment
9th September 1981
THE SCHEDULE
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Regulation to be amended Subject matter of measurement Present measurement Measurement to be substituted
Locomotives and Waggons (Used on Lines and Sidings) Regulations 1906
Definition Definition of Gantry 6 feet 2 metres
Application Minimum gauge of rail to which regulations apply 3 feet 920 millimetres
Regulation 9 Distance between materials and line of rails 3 feet 920 millimetres
 Maximum distance between recesses where the materials exceed that length 20 yards 20 metres