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These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Verification Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 29th December 2003.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Verification Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 are hereby revoked.
(2) The Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall continue to apply in relation to any verification carried out before 29th December 2003.
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(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In these Regulations –
 “the 1988 Regulations” means the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988;
 “the 2000 Regulations” means the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000; and
 “the Department” means the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.
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(1) Schedule 1 shall have effect for prescribing the fee to be paid in respect of the EEC initial verification of measuring instruments to which regulation 3, as modified by regulation 13(9), of the 1988 Regulations applies.
(2) The appropriate fee shall be payable whether or not the instrument passes the EEC initial verification.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), Schedule 2 shall have effect for prescribing the fee to be paid in respect of the EC verification of measuring instruments to which regulation 3(1) of the 2000 Regulations applies.
(2) Measuring instruments, to which regulation 3(2) of the 2000 Regulations applies, submitted for EEC initial verification under the 1988 Regulations shall be subject to the fee prescribed in Schedule 2 as if they were submitted for EC verification under the 2000 Regulations.
(3) The appropriate fee shall be payable whether or not the instrument passes the EC verification.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 28th November 2003.
Michael J. Bohill
A senior officer of the
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 28th November 2003.
Jack Layberry
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel

SCHEDULE 1
regulation 4(1)


NOTE – previous fees in brackets £
A. Measuring systems for liquids, other than water, fitted to road tankers, each system,

(1) basic fee 90·00 (80·00)

(2) where more than one liquid is used in testing, each additional liquid 25·00 (22·00)

(3) for retesting of a system solely on the occasion of an occurrence as defined in either regulation 23 or 24 of the 1988 Regulations 18·00 (16·00)
B. Otherwise, each initial verification –
per man/hour spent at the place of initial verification Inspector rate 32·00 (28·00)
 Assistant rate 22·00 (19·00)
SCHEDULE 2
regulation 5(1) and (2)

In this Schedule, the abbreviation employed to refer to the kilogramme unit of measurement is kg.

NOTE – previous fees in brackets £
A. Weighing Instruments –

(1) subject to single EC verification, each instrument or (if fitted with two or more weigh tables or platforms connected to one or more indicating mechanisms), each weigh table or platform –  
capacity as marked on the machine –  
not exceeding 100 kg 18·00 (16·00)
exceeding 100 kg but not exceeding 1,000 kg 41·00 (36·00)
exceeding 1,000 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg 98·00 (86·00)
exceeding 5,000 kg but not exceeding 30,000 kg 212·00 (186·00)
exceeding 30,000 kg 319·00 (280·00)

(2) subject to two stages of EC verification, each stage verification 50 per cent of the fee which would be payable if the weighing instrument were only subject to a single stage EC verification
B. Otherwise, each verification –
per man/hour spent at the place of verification Inspector rate 32·00 (28·00)
 Assistant rate 22·00 (19·00)
