UK Statutory Instrument SI 1988/997 United Kingdom

The Measuring Equipment (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 1988

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person2

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Purpose of use Regulated
  • Use only compliant cold-water meters for tradeAny Person
s.006 Testing Regulated
  • Keep cold-water meters clean for testing and assist inspectors when askedAny Person
s.011 Obliteration of stamps and manufacturer’s marks Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Inspector must obliterate stamps on faulty/altered cold-water meters and notify ownerLocal authority
9 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application
s.005 Principles of construction and marking
s.007 (1) Where a group of cold-water meters of the same...
s.007 Cold-water meters imported from a member State or an EEA State
s.008 Passing as fit for use for trade
s.009 Stamping
s.010 Prescribed limits of error

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