Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1981

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has made a Statutory Rule entitled the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 157) .

These Regulations, which come into operation on 8th May 2006, are made under

Articles 9(1), (3) and (4), 10(6) and 13(1) of the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the 1981 Order”). They replace with amendments the Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 (“the 1985 Regulations”) in the light of the International Recommendation R 50 concerning continuous totalising automatic weighing instruments beltweighers) issued by the International Organisation of Legal Metrology. The 1985 Regulations continue to apply to beltweighers passed as fit for use for trade before these Regulations come into operation.

The Regulations apply to beltweighers for use for trade and continue to prescribe such beltweighers for the purposes of Article 9(1) of the 1981 Order. The effect of prescription is to make it unlawful to use these beltweighers for trade unless they have been tested, passed as fit for such use and stamped by an inspector of weights and measures.

Copies of the Regulations may be purchased from the Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.