Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 454

Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 454

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 454

Gas

Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

14th December 2012

Coming into operation

17th January 2013

The Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by article 22(13) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1).

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 17th January 2013.

Testing and stamping exemption for meters used for heavy industrial usage

2. The provisions of Article 22 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall not have effect in relation to the supply of gas to a person under any agreement providing for the quantity of gas supplied to him to be ascertained by a meter designed for rates of flow which, if measured at a temperature of 15OC and a pressure of 1013.25 millibars, would exceed 1600 cubic metres an hour.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation on 14th December 2012.

Legal seal

Shane Lynch

Chief Executive of the

Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations exempt those meters designed for a rate of flow exceeding 1600 cubic metres an hour from the meter testing and stamping requirements of Article 22 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 454

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 454

Gas

Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

14th December 2012

Coming into operation

17th January 2013

The Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by article 22(13) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1).

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 17th January 2013.

Testing and stamping exemption for meters used for heavy industrial usage

2. The provisions of Article 22 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall not have effect in relation to the supply of gas to a person under any agreement providing for the quantity of gas supplied to him to be ascertained by a meter designed for rates of flow which, if measured at a temperature of 15OC and a pressure of 1013.25 millibars, would exceed 1600 cubic metres an hour.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation on 14th December 2012.

Legal seal

Shane Lynch

Chief Executive of the

Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations exempt those meters designed for a rate of flow exceeding 1600 cubic metres an hour from the meter testing and stamping requirements of Article 22 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.