National Measurement and Regulation Office
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| Abbreviation | NMRO |
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| Dissolved | 2016 |
| Type | Executive agency |
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Region served
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United Kingdom |
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Chief Executive
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Peter Mason (acting) |
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Parent organisation
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| Website | www |
The National Measurement and Regulation Office (NMRO) was an executive agency of the UK Government's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Its function is to provide a measurement infrastructure which supports innovation, facilitates fair competition, promotes international trade and protects consumers and the environment.
The current (Acting) Chief Executive of the agency is Richard Sanders, who was appointed in 2014.
The Agency was created as National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML) in 1987 from a reorganisation of the Standards Department when it moved from its previous location in central London to a new, purpose-built facility in Teddington which was officially opened by HRH The Duke of Kent on the 9th of April 1987.
Until June 28, 2007 it was an Agency of the Department of Trade and Industry. It then became part of the newly formed Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. In 2009 an agency moved to Department for Business Innovation and Skills and until April 2015 was known as the National Measurement Office (NMO). In April 2015 office was renamed to National Measurement and Regulation Office and by 1 April 2016 it was merged with Better Regulation Delivery Office to form Regulatory Delivery directorate in Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
The NMO is responsible for the setting of the strategic direction of the measurement infrastructure, aligning policy and legislation, managing the national scientific and legal metrological activities and representing the UK in international activities on measurement. In addition, the NMO 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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