The Utility Regulator today provides notification of the new Gas (Meter Testing and Stamping) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012. The regulations, having been made on 14 December 2012, will come into operation on 17 January 2013. The regulations are the result of a public consultation carried out in August 2012.
The new legislation has the effect of exempting those gas meters, typically used for heavy industrial usage, from the meter testing and stamping requirements of Article 22 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (the Order).
Further details of the regulations and an explanatory memorandum can be found here.