The Locomotives etc. Regulations 1906 (Metrication) Regulations 1981

• Citation: S.I. 1981/1327
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Locomotives etc. Regulations 1906 (Metrication) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st November 1981.

(2) In these Regulations, “ the principal Regulations ” mean the Regulations amended by these Regulations that is to say— The Locomotives and Waggons (Used on Lines and Sidings) Regulations 1906.

Section 2 Amendments to Regulations to substitute metric measurements for imperial measurements

The provisions of the Regulations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations in column 1 shall be amended by substituting for the measurements set out opposite thereto in column 3 the measurements set out in the corresponding entry in column 4.

Section 3 Application to existing plant or to plant under construction

Where any plant in existence or under construction immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations complied with the requirements of the principal Regulations as then in force, then that plant shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of the principal Regulations as amended by these Regulations.