The Agriculture (Metrication) Regulations 1981

• Citation: S.I. 1981/1414
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Metrication) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 13th November 1981.

(2) In these Regulations, “ the principal Regulations ” mean —

the Agriculture (First Aid) Regulations 1957,

the Agriculture (Ladders) Regulations 1957,

the Agriculture (Power Take-Off) Regulations 1957 ,

the Agriculture (Circular Saws) Regulations 1959 ,

the Agriculture (Safeguarding of Workplaces) Regulations 1959 ,

the Agriculture (Stationary Machinery) Regulations 1959 ,

the Agriculture (Threshers and Balers) Regulations 1960 ,

the Agriculture (Field Machinery) Regulations 1962 ,

the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 .

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

(1) 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.

(2) Where under this Regulation a measurement is required to be substituted in any provision for a measurement which occurs more than once in that provision the substitution shall be made in each place where it occurs.

Section 3 Application to existing premises, plant and articles or premises and plant under construction

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