Testing meters
44 Testing meters
The Minister may at any time cause a test of a meter to be made.
The Minister is to cause a test of a meter to be made within 7 days of receiving a written request from a licensee that that meter be tested because the licensee is dissatisfied with a reading from the meter.
Where on testing a meter it is found that —
the meter registers more than 5% in excess of the quantity that actually passes through it when tested, the Minister is to pay the cost of the test; or
the meter registers less than 5% in excess of the quantity that actually passes through it when tested, the licensee is to pay the cost of the test.
The cost paid by the licensee under subregulation (3)(b) is not to exceed the fee set out in Schedule 1 Part 1.
[Regulation 44 amended: Gazette 22 Jun 2007 p. 2881 (disallowed: Gazette 27 Nov 2007 p. 5910); 28 Dec 2007 p. 6429 (disallowed: Gazette 11 Apr 2008 p. 1396); 23 Jun 2009 p. 2495‑7; 20 Feb 2018 p. 500‑1.]
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