The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1995

means— (a) a body which is designated by the Secretary of State under regulation 9(1) for the purpose of carrying out one or more of the tasks referred to in Article 8 of the Directive;

means a quality system approved under regulation 13 or under a corresponding provision of the law of another member State;

means a type in respect of which an EC type-approval certificate is in force;

means an inspector, or some other person employed by a local weights and measures authority, who is authorised by the chief inspector of weights and measures of that authority to exercise functions under these Regulations in its area;

means authority in writing from a local weights and measures authority for the exercise by an authorised person of the powers conferred on him by this regulation.

means the documentation referred to in Annex III of the Directive which is set out in Schedule 1;

means— (a) a sticker of which the design is published in the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State;

means the requirements in Annex I of the Directive which is set out in Schedule 2;

means a technical specification adopted by one or both of the European Committee for Standardisation and European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation upon a remit from the Commission in accordance with Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28th March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations;

means the number assigned by the Commission to the Secretary of State or to the approved body in question, as the case may be;

means, as the case may require, an inscription referred to in regulation 18(3)(c) or (d) “instrument” means a non-automatic weighing instrument (including ancillary equipment) which— (a) requires the intervention of an operator during weighing, and (ii) serves to determine the mass or weight of any thing by using the action of gravity on that thing (whether or not it may also determine related matters such as price, quantity or magnitude on the basis of mass or weight);

means a non-automatic weighing instrument (including ancillary equipment) which— (a) requires the intervention of an operator during weighing, and (ii) serves to determine the mass or weight of any thing by using the action of gravity on that thing (whether or not it may also determine related matters such as price, quantity or magnitude on the basis of mass or weight);

includes a sheriff.

means a part of an instrument on which loads are placed for the purpose of their being weighed;

means a member State of the European Community or an EEA State;

means all the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the manufacturer to ensure conformity of instruments with the approved type and the requirements of the Directive which apply to them and includes, in particular— (a) the quality objectives and the organisational structure, responsibilities and powers of the managerial staff with regard to product quality, (ii) the manufacturing process, the quality control and assurance techniques and the systematic measures that will be used during manufacture, (iii) the examinations and tests that will be carried out before, during and after manufacture and the frequency with which they will be carried out, and (iv) the means to monitor the achievement of the required product quality and the effective operation of the quality system;

means a sticker of which the design is published by the Secretary of State and which indicates that an instrument to which it is affixed (being an instrument to which a disqualification sticker has previously been affixed) satisfies the requirements of regulation 5;

means a standard which is applicable to the instrument in question and of which the reference number is published— (a) in the United Kingdom, by the Secretary of State in such manner as he considers appropriate, or (ii) in another member State, by the competent authority, and which corresponds to a harmonised standard the reference number of which is published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;

means supply, whether as principal or agent for another, and includes supply by way of sale, supply under a hire-purchase agreement, conditional sale agreement or credit-sale agreement or supply under an agreement for the hiring of goods;

means Council Directive 741148/EEC on the approximation of laws of the member States relating to weights of from 1 mg to 50 kg of above-medium accuracy.

means the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;

means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;

means the Commission of the European Communities;

means the European Community and the EEA States;

means Council Directive 90/384/EEC of 20th June 1990 on the harmonisation of the laws of the member States relating to non-automatic weighing instruments as amended by Council Directive 93/68/EEC;

means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;

has the meaning given by regulation 10(1)