HCOTEG37250 – Relevant Law: The Measuring Instruments (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 2006

These were introduced in order to implement the ‘Measuring Instruments Directive’ which is the name of the EU directive (2004/22/EC) for which this is the UK interpretation.

The full body of the ‘Measuring Instruments Directive 2004/22 EC (MID) can be found using Lex-Nex on the www.Europa.ec website.

The Regulations were implemented as SI 2006 No. 1266 Weights and Measures, The measuring Instruments (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) regulations 2006. The full body of the text can be found at http://www.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/uk.htm

Further details can also be found at www.nwml.gov.uk/mid.aspx

SectionSection titleSummary and comments
14Requirements for use for trade
15Maximum permissible error (MPE)In the case of a measuring system used to measure a quantity of liquid fuel
16Manner of use
Schedule 1Table 3Accuracy classification and MPEs
Table 5Accuracy classification and MPEs