UK Statutory Instrument SI 1992/1579 United Kingdom

The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1993

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated 1 of 7 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 6 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Manufacturer4 Any Person2

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

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What it requires

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s.010 EC type-examination Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must examine and decide on EC type-examination applications and modificationsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.011 EC verification Regulated
  • Apply for EC verification of non-automatic weighing instrumentsManufacturer
s.013 Quality system approval and EC declaration of type conformity Regulated
  • Apply for quality system approval and affix EC marks of conformityManufacturer
s.015 EC surveillance Regulated
  • Keep quality records available for inspection and notify the approved body of changesManufacturer
s.017 Withdrawal of approval of quality system Regulated
  • Comply with a quality system withdrawal noticeManufacturer
s.018 Affixing of EC mark of conformity Regulated
  • Use misleading mark likely to be confused with CE markAny Person
37 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application of Regulations
s.004 Use and supply of instruments
s.005 Instruments used for Schedule 3 applications to satisfy the essential requirements
s.006 Information to be borne by instruments not subject to EC verification, EC unit verification or EC declaration of type conformity
s.007 Instruments conforming with relevant national standards
s.008 Appropriate equipment for tests
s.009 Designation of bodies to exercise functions under the Regulations
s.012 EC unit verification
s.014 Provisions supplemental to regulations 11, 12 and 13
s.016 Suspension of EC declaration of type conformity
s.019 Conformity with other directives
s.020 Wrongful use of EC mark of conformity
s.021 Review of decisions of authorised persons under Part II
s.022 Judicial review of decisions under Part II
s.023 Unauthorised application of EC mark of conformity etc
s.024 Disqualification stickers (instruments not complying with these Regulations etc)
s.025 Disqualification stickers and re-qualification stickers (instruments which have been altered etc)
s.026 Withdrawal from use etc of unsatisfactory instruments
s.027 Unsuitable use of instrument used for trade
s.028 Restrictions on use of instruments for trade
s.029 Manner of erection of instruments
s.030 Instruments marked with temperature range
s.031 Instruments marked with manner of use
s.032 Instruments fitted with printing devices
s.033 Load receptors
s.034 Operation of instrument
s.035 Weights marked with EEC initial verification marks to be used
s.036 Instruments using decimal parts of pound
s.037 Instruments to be set to zero or to be balanced before use
s.038 Powers of inspection and entry
s.039 Obstruction of authorised persons etc
s.040 Offences and penalties
s.041 Offences by corporations
s.042 Prosecutions
s.043 Adaptations for Northern Ireland
Schedules

Schedules

1 of 31 shown
s.sch002 General requirements (8.1) Design and construction of the instruments shall... Regulated
  • Ensure weighing instruments preserve accuracy and resist fraudAny Person
30 other schedules
s.sch002 Printing of weighing results and other weight values
s.sch002 Levelling
s.sch002 Zeroing
s.sch002 Tare devices and preset tare devices
s.sch002 Instruments for direct sales to the public with a maximum capacity not greater than 100
s.sch002 Price labelling instruments
s.sch002 Preliminary observation
s.sch002 Metrological requirements
s.sch002 Units of mass
s.sch002 Accuracy classes (2.1) The following accuracy class have been defined:...
s.sch002 Classification (3.1) Instruments with one weighing range Instruments equipped with...
s.sch002 Accuracy (4.1) On implementation of the procedures laid down in...
s.sch002 Weighing results of an instrument shall be repeatable, and shall...
s.sch002 The instrument shall react to small variations in the load....
s.sch002 Influence quantities and time (7.1) Instruments of classes II, III...
s.sch002 Indication of weighing results and other weight values
s.sch003 Determination of mass for commercial transactions.
s.sch003 Determination of mass for the calculation of a toll, tariff,...
s.sch003 Determination of mass for the application of laws or regulations...
s.sch003 Determination of mass in the practice of medicine for weighing...
s.sch003 Determination of mass for making up medicines on prescription in...
s.sch003 Determination of price on the basis of mass for the...
s.sch005 For the purposes of these Regulations, references to a local...
s.sch005 In regulation 3(2), (a) for head (c) there shall be...
s.sch005 In regulation 3(3), for the reference to the 1985 Act,...
s.sch005 Regulation 21 shall not have effect and accordingly regulations 16(2)(c)...
s.sch005 In regulation 25(3)(b), the reference to a chief inspector of...
s.sch005 Part III does not apply to Northern Ireland.
s.sch005 In regulation 38— (a) in each of paragraphs (1) and...
s.sch005 For regulation 42 there shall be substituted No proceedings for an offence under Part I or Part...

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