Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel by Road Tanker) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984
These Regulations replace the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel by Road Tanker) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1980, S.R. 1980 No. 127, as amended by the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel by Road Tanker) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983, S.R. 1983 No. 138. They apply to all measuring equipment on road tankers (other than those used for the delivery of liquefied gas, lubricating or heated oil and for refuelling ships, hovercraft and aircraft) for use for trade in the making of any measurement of liquid fuel in a quantity exceeding 20 gallons or 100 litres (mainly petrol to filling stations and central heating fuel oils to houses and other premises). They make provision as to the principles of construction and marking of measuring equipment, its manner of use for trade, the inspection, testing, passing as fit for use for trade and stamping of such equipment (and obliteration of stamps on such equipment), and the prescribed limits of error. The Regulations prescribe this equipment for the purpose of Article 9(1) of the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 so that it will be unlawful to use it for trade purposes from 1st July 1984 unless it has been tested, passed as fit for such use and stamped by an inspector of weights and measures.