LegalizeS.I. No. 125/1987 - Weights and Measures (Verification and Stamping Fees) Order, 1987
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1 amending act · 1992-01-21, S.I. No. 18/1992 - Weights & Measures (Verification and Stamping Fees) Order, 1992
S.I. No. 125 of 1987.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (VERIFICATION AND STAMPING FEES) ORDER, 1987.
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 9 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1904, hereby order as follows:
1.
(1) This order may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Verification and Stamping Fees) Order, 1987.
- (2) This order shall come into operation on the 8th day of may, 1987.
2.
The Interpretation Act, 1937 (no. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
3.
The fees specified in the Schedule to this Order shall be paid in respect of the verification and stamping of the weights, measures and weighing and measuring instruments specified in that Schedule.
4.
The Weights and Measures (Verification and Stamping Fees) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 351 of 1983 ), is hereby revoked.
SCHEDULE
| Category | Category | Fee |
| £ | ||
| A. | WEIGHTS | |
| Metric | ||
| 50 kilograms (for each 50 kilograms or part thereof in excess of 50 kilograms £2.00 extra) | 2.00 | |
| 1 kilogram to under 50 kilograms | 1.00 | |
| Under 1 kilogram | 0.50 | |
| B. | MEASURES | |
| (1) Linear Measures | ||
| Metric | ||
| 10 metres and over | 5.00 | |
| 1 metre to under 10 metres | 2.00 | |
| Under 1 metre | 1.00 | |
| (2) Capacity Measures | ||
| 5 litres to 25 litres (for each 25 litres or part thereof in excess of 25 litres £1.50 extra) | 2.50 | |
| 1 litre to under 5 litres | 1.00 | |
| Under 1 litre | 0.10 | |
| Optic Spirit taps | 0.60 | |
| (double fee for subdivided measures) | ||
| C. | WEIGHING MACHINES | |
| (i) 50 tonnes (for each 10 tonnes or part thereof in excess of 50 tonnes £17.00 extra) | 53.00 | |
| 35 tonnes to under 50 tonnes | 40.00 | |
| 25 tonnes to under 35 tonnes | 34.00 | |
| 15 tonnes to under 25 tonnes | 27.00 | |
| 5 tonnes to under 15 tonnes | 20.00 | |
| (ii) Self-indicating or semi-self-indicating machines | ||
| 1 tonne to under 5 tonnes | 11.25 | |
| 500 kilograms to under 1 tonne | 9.00 | |
| 100 kilograms to under 500 kilograms | 6.75 | |
| under 100 kilograms | 4.50 | |
| (iii) Other machines | ||
| 1 tonne to under 5 tonnes | 5.63 | |
| 500 kilograms to under 1 tonne | 5.25 | |
| 100 kilograms to under 500 kilograms | 3.38 | |
| under 100 kilograms | 1.68 | |
| (iv) Continuous or Discontinuous totalising weighing machines | ||
| For each 10 tonnes or part thereof (Subject to a Maximum of £2,500) | 10.00 | |
| D. | MEASURING INSTRUMENTS | |
| (1) Road Tankers | ||
| (a) Tanks with two or more compartments Diprods (including one duplicate) per compartment of 2,000 litres or upwards | 19.00 | |
| Diprods (including one duplicate) per compartment under 2,000 litres | 15.00 | |
| (b) Single compartment tanks Diprod (including one duplicate) | 40.00 | |
| (2) Meters for measurement of liquid fuels | ||
| Inlet or outlet exceeding 3.8 cm (1½") in diameter | 32.00 | |
| Inlet or outlet not exceeding 3.8 cm (1½") in diameter | 16.50 | |
| (3) Liquid fuel measuring instruments (Petrol pumps etc.) with price calculator | ||
| Incorporating one meter | 25.00 | |
| Each additional meter | 7.00 | |
| (4) Milk Meters | 32.00 | |
| (5) Any other measuring instrument | 12.00 |
On the verification and stamping of an imperial weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument, the fee shall be that which is prescribed in this Schedule with respect to the equivalent in metric capacity.
Where any instrument has two sets of graduations of different form, double the appropriate fee shall be payable.
Where, in a weighing instrument, two weigh tables or platforms are connected to one indicator, two separate fees, in accordance with the capacities of the respective weigh tables or platforms are payable.
Unless otherwise provided for in this schedule an additional fee shall be payable, in the case of a weighing or measuring instrument constructed also to calculate and indicate the price in money, for the examination of the price-indicating mechanism equal in amount to that charged on the weighing or measuring instrument.
5.
Where in an examination for verification and stamping of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments, weights, measures or instruments are found to be defective and are rejected, a fee shall be payable equal in amount to that which would have been chargeable if such weights, measures or instruments had been found to be free of defects.
6.
Where any weighing or measuring instrument is required by the Weights and Measures (General) Regulations, 1928 (S. R. & O., No. 71 of 1928) to be verified in situ or where an application for the verification in situ of a weighing or measuring instrument which is not required by the said regulations to be so verified is granted by the Minister for Industry and Commerce, the cost of transport of the required standards and the travelling expenses of the inspector between the nearest Weights and Measures Office and the place at which the verification is made shall be payable in addition to the appropriate fee under this Order.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 1st day of May, 1987.
CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,
Taoiseach.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Order was made to set out revised fees for the verification and stamping of metrological equipment used in trade.
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