The Meters (Certification) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/730
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Meters (Certification) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st June 1987.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“single-phase credit meter” means an induction type alternating current single-phase two wire single rate credit meter;

“specified meter” means a static meter, a prepayment meter, a maximum demand meter or a multi-rate meter, being in each case an alternating current meter;

“the Schedule of 1899” means the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 , as incorporated with the Electricity Act 1947 and as amended, adapted and modified .

Section 3 Single-phase credit meters

The certification under the provisions of the Schedule of 1899 of any single-phase credit meter of a type described in column 1 of Schedule 1 hereto at any time during the period set out in relation thereto in column 2 of that Schedule shall, if it has not previously ceased to have effect, cease to have effect at the end of the period prescribed in relation thereto in column 3 of that Schedule beginning with the date of the certification, or on the date prescribed in relation thereto in that column, should that be earlier.

Section 4 Specified meters

The certification under the provisions of the Schedule of 1899 of any specified meter of a type described in column 1 of Schedule 2 hereto shall, if it has not previously ceased to have effect, cease to have effect at the end of the period prescribed in relation thereto in column 2 of that Schedule beginning with the date of the certification.

Section 5 Other meters

The certification under the provisions of the Schedule of 1899 of any meter, not being a single-phase credit meter or a specified meter shall, if it has not previously ceased to have effect, cease to have effect at the end of a period of 15 years beginning with the date of the certification.

Section 6 Permitted alterations

Notwithstanding the proviso to section 50 of the Schedule of 1899 (under which if a meter certified under the provisions of that Schedule is altered it ceases to be certified until it is re-certified) the making of any alteration to the demand indicator mechanism in a maximum demand meter shall not cause the meter to cease to be a certified meter.

Section 7 Movement

If a meter is so moved that it is disconnected from one consumer’s installation and connected to that of another consumer either—

(a) more than once; or

(b) after the expiry of one half of the period for which it would, but for the provisions of this article or some other event, have continued to be a certified meter,

it shall thereupon cease to be a certified meter.

Section 8 Revocation

The Meters (Permitted Alterations) Order 1958 and the Meters (Periods of Certification) Order 1982 are hereby revoked.