
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the EEC Requirements (Amendment) Regulations 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1985.
2 
The Calibration of Tanks of Vessels (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1975 are hereby amended by the substitution for Regulation 13 of the following Regulation:—“
13 
Any person guilty of an offence under regulation 8, 9 or 10 above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £2000.”
3 
The Measuring Container Bottles (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977 are hereby amended as follows:—
(a) in Regulation 2(1), for the definition of “credentials” there shall be substituted the following definition:—“

 “credentials”, in relation to an inspector, means authority in writing from the local weights and measures authority who appointed him for the exercise by that inspector of powers conferred on inspectors by Regulation 7 or, as the case may be, by Regulation 8;”;
”;and
(b) in Regulation 14(1)—
(i) for “,10(2)(b),” there shall be substituted “or”;
(ii) “and 10(5)” shall be deleted; and
(iii) for “£50” there shall be substituted “£400”; and
(c) in Regulation 14(2), for “£200” there shall be substituted “£2000”.
4 
The Alcoholometers and Alcohol Hydrometers (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977 are hereby amended in Regulation 17 as follows:—
(a) for “14(2)” there shall be substituted “14”;
(b) for “£200” there shall be substituted “£2000”; and
(c) for “£50” there shall be substituted “£400”.
5 
The Taximeters (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1979 are hereby amended in Regulation 19 as follows:—
(a) for “16(2)” there shall be substituted “16”;
(b) for “£200” there shall be substituted “£2000”; and
(c) for “£50” there shall be substituted “£400”.
6 
The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1980 are hereby amended in Regulation 26 as follows:—
(a) for “23(2)” there shall be substituted “23”;
(b) for “£200” there shall be substituted “£2000”; and
(c) for “£50” there shall be substituted “£400”.
Lucas of Chilworth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of Trade and Industry
4th March 1985