The Measuring Instruments (Taximeters) Regulations 2006

Made: 24th August 2006

Laid before Parliament: 29th August 2006

Coming into force

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PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application

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PART 2 — PLACING ON THE MARKET AND PUTTING INTO USE OF TAXIMETERS

Requirements for placing on the market and putting into use

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Compliance with the essential requirements

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Conformity assessment procedures

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Designation of United Kingdom notified bodies

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Functions of notified bodies

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Provisions supplemental to regulation 7

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Variation and termination of designations

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Fees

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Marking and identification requirements

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Conformity with other directives

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PART 3 — ENFORCEMENT

Enforcement authority

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Compliance notice procedure

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Immediate enforcement action

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Review by the Secretary of State

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Unauthorised application of authorised marks

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Powers of entry and inspection

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Obstruction of enforcement officer

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Penalties for offences

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Defence of due diligence

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Liability of persons other than the principal offender

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PART 4 — MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Service of documents etc.

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Savings for certain privileges

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Adaptation for Northern Ireland

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SCHEDULE 1 — ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

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Definitions

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Allowable Errors

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Reproducibility

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Repeatability

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Discrimination and Sensitivity

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Durability

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Reliability

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Suitability

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Protection against corruption

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Information to be borne by and to accompany the taximeter

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Indication of result

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Further processing of data to conclude the trading transaction

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Conformity evaluation

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Design requirements

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Rated operating conditions

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Maximum permissible errors (MPEs)

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Permissible effect of disturbance

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Power supply failure

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Other requirements

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SCHEDULE 2 — NOTIFIED BODIES

PART 1 — NOTIFIED BODY CRITERIA

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PART 2 — FUNCTIONS

Assessment of applications for certificates or notifications

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Limitations on duties to exercise functions

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Contractors

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Form of certificates and notifications

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Conditions in certificates or notifications

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Withdrawal of certificates or notifications

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Procedure where a notified body is minded to refuse to give, or to vary or withdraw a certificate or notification

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SCHEDULE 3 — TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION

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SCHEDULE 4 — MARKING AND INSCRIPTIONS

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SCHEDULE 5 — ADAPTATIONS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

G. Merron — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 24th August 2006

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1975/427.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L135, 30.4.2004, p.1.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L204, 21.7.1998, p.37.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L217, 5.8.1998, p.18.

[^f00006]: The application of Directive 2004/22/EC (OJ No. L135, 30.4.2004, p.1) was extended in 2005 to the European Economic Area by Decision No. 31/205 (OJ No. L198, 28.7.2005, p.20).

[^f00007]: The Public Carriage Office issued the Construction and Licensing of Motor Taxicabs in London: Conditions of Fitness in 2000. (This document is usually referred to as the Metropolitan Conditions of Fitness.) The Metropolitan Conditions of Fitness are made under the London Cab Order 1934 (S.I. 1934/1346), article 35. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/933, 1990/2003 and 2000/1666. S.I. 1934/1346 was made under the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 (c. 115), section 6. Article 35 of the London Cab Order 1934 requires the installation of an approved taximeter. The requirements that must be met by an approved taximeter are set out in the Notice to Owners and Manufacturers of Motor Cabs and Taximeters regarding Taximeters to be used on Taxicabs in the Metropolitan Police District and the City of London, which was issued by the Public Carriage Office in July 1997.

[^f00008]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00009]: 1968 c. 64.

[^f00010]: 1869 c .115; section 2 sets out the areas covered by the Act.

[^f00011]: OJ No. L39, 15.2.1980, p.40.

[^f00012]: OJ No. L357, 7.12.1989, p.28.

[^f00013]: OJ No. L220, 30.8.1998, p.23.

[^f00014]: 1971 c. 36.

Editorial notes

[^key-cd30a408021b18193060d608aa48ebef]: Regulations revoked (28.12.2016) by The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1153), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 1 (with regs. 3(4), 5, 67(5), Sch. 3 para. 2)