Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Verification Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 18th April 2005.

Revocation and saving

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Verification Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1) are hereby revoked.

(2) The Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall continue to apply in relation to any verification carried out before 18th April 2005.

Interpretation

3.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) 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(3);

“the 2000 Regulations” means the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000(4); and

“the Department” means the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.

Fees relating to EEC initial verification

4.—(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.

Fees relating to EC verification

5.—(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.