
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Meters (Determination of Questions) (Expenses) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988.
2 

(1) The sums to be paid by the Electricity Boards mentioned in the first column of the Table below to the Secretary of State towards administrative expenses incurred by him in connection with the determination of questions under the said section 57 shall be the amounts specified in the second column of that Table and shall be paid in advance on the first day of each month.
(2) For the purposes of this Regulation a question is determined when a meter examiner signs a certificate that he has determined the question or that he is unable or no longer required to do so.
3 
The Meters (Determination of Questions) (Expenses) Regulations 1987 are hereby revoked.

TABLE
Electricity Board Monthly Payment
Eastern £1750.00
East Midlands £1250.00
London £3583.33
Merseyside & North Wales £708.33
Midland £2625.00
North Eastern £83.33
North of Scotland Hydro £1500.00
North Western £1958.33
Southern £1875.00
South Eastern £1166.67
South of Scotland £1166.67
South Wales £500.00
South Western £2541.67
Yorkshire £916.67
Michael Spicer
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Energy
11th July 1988