The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
These Regulations amend the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1177), as amended, (the principal Regulations) to provide for a further increase in the fees in respect of services provided by the Department of Trade and Industry in relation to the type approval and testing of measuring instruments. The hourly rate (as specified in paragraph 1(a) respectively in Schedules 2, 3, 5 and 6 to the principal Regulations) for those services is increased from £77.00 to £80.00 (an increase of £3.00) and is the third increase since 1st June 1998 (when the principal Regulations came into force); the first increase (from £65.00 to £70.00) came into force on 1st April 2000 and the second increase (from £70.00 to £77.00) on 1st April 2002.