The Calibration of Tanks of Vessels (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1975
UK Statutory Instrument 1975 No. 2125 — creates 4 criminal offences.
- Made
- 12 December 1975
- In force from
- 19 January 1976
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
- Made under
- European Communities Act 1972
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations implement Council Directive No. 71/349/EEC relating to the calibration of the tanks of inland waterway vessels and coastal vessels. They provide for the application for calibration to be made to the Secretary of State and for the calibration to be carried out in accordance with the Directive and for the issue of a calibration certificate (regulations 3 and 4). They also provide for the fixing of a calibration plate to the tank and for the application to that plate of a sealing mark in the form of the mark of EEC partial verification described in the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1975 (regulation 4). These Regulations also provide for offences and penalties in connection with the misuse of the sealing mark (regulations 8 and 13), and include powers of inspection of tanks and entry of vessels and premises for the enforcement of the regulations (regulation 9).
Offences created by this instrument
- Any person who— a wilfully obstructs an inspector acting in the execution of any provision of these regulations; or b… regulation 10(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
- If any person, in giving an inspector any such information as is mentioned in paragraph (1) above, gives any… regulation 10(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
- Subject to paragraph (2) below, any person who, in the case of any tank— a not being an inspector or a person acting… regulation 8(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
- Any person who uses, sells or exposes or offers for sale any vessel in which there is a tank which to his knowledge— a… regulation 8(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
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