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The Agency had responsibility for the National Measurement System (NMS) until April 2015, which is the UK's national infrastructure of laboratories that are involved with the science and technology of measurement. It has responsibility for maintaining the national primary standards (mass, length,
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legislation. The agency also made available to manufacturers of such equipment a consultancy service, intended to be used throughout different stages of the equipment's development. They also provided calibration and testing services to both local authorities and private businesses, as well as
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activities and representing the UK in international activities on measurement. In addition, the NMO / NMRO acts as a National Enforcement Authority for a range of EU-based environmental legislation and carries out commercial activities which rely on measurement expertise.
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The Agency was also responsible for examining and approving new measuring instruments and equipment which are ultimately intended for use in trade in order to establish their compliance with national legislation such as the
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The NMO and NMRO was responsible for the setting of the strategic direction of the measurement infrastructure, aligning policy and legislation, managing the national scientific and
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Since July 2017, Regulatory Delivery has been a directorate in the newly created Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
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time, temperature etc.) and disseminating the associated measurements and technologies to the UK for trade and measurement purposes.
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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility):
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when it moved from its previous location in central London to a new, purpose-built facility in
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to form Regulatory Delivery in the former Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business
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Executive agency
United Kingdom
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/national-measurement-and-regulation-office
executive agency
UK Government
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Standards Department
Teddington
the Duke of Kent
Department of Trade and Industry
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Department for Business Innovation and Skills
Better Regulation Delivery Office
legal metrological
Weights and Measures Act 1985
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