Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations

8 (1) For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, the calibration of a measuring apparatus referred to in section 7 shall be certified by the director on receipt of written particulars establishing

• (a) that the apparatus has been calibrated in the manner prescribed in section 7;

• (b) that the proposed manner of installation and use of the measuring apparatus is appropriate; and

• (c) that no error at any of the points tested throughout the measuring range referred to in section 7 exceeds two per cent of the value or reading at that point indicated by the reference standard referred to in paragraph 7(b).

(2) A certificate issued pursuant to subsection (1) shall be valid

• (a) only for use of the measuring apparatus within the measuring range referred to in section 7;

• (b) only for the installation and use of the measuring apparatus as referred to in paragraph (1)(b); and

• (c) in the case of a measuring apparatus set out in an item of column I of the table to this section, for the period set out in column II of that item.