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s.038
(1) Weights shall be made entirely of metal, other than...
Regulated
- Make trade weights from approved metals onlyManufacturer
140 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, these Regulations...
s.002
Weighing and measuring equipment shall be submitted for testing and...
s.003
An inspector shall not test measures made of glass or...
s.004
Weighing or measuring equipment submitted for testing shall be complete...
s.005
(1) No weighing or measuring equipment shall be passed as...
s.006
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, no weighing...
s.007
Stamps shall be obliterated by an inspector, in accordance with...
s.008
(1) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) of this...
s.009
(1) Linear measures shall be made of steel, brass, aluminium...
s.010
(1) Linear measures shall be straight and free from flaws....
s.011
(1) Linear measures which are subdivided shall be graduated clearly...
s.012
Linked measures and riband or tape measures shall be tested...
s.013
Part I of Schedule 1 hereto shall have effect for...
s.014
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, linear measures...
s.015
Liquid capacity measures shall be made of aluminium alloys, copper,...
s.016
(1) Liquid capacity measures made of pewter or of other...
s.017
(1) Liquid capacity measures, made of copper or copper alloys...
s.018
Liquid capacity measures, if their maximum purported values are clearly...
s.019
No liquid capacity measure shall be so constructed that—
s.020
In the case of liquid capacity measures fitted with a...
s.021
Publicans' measures made of metal, glass, or earthenware may be...
s.022
Dipping measures made of metal of a maximum purported value...
s.023
Liquid capacity measures made of glass, other than apothecaries measures,...
s.024
Liquid capacity measures made of earthenware shall have their maximum...
s.025
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation,...
s.026
(1) Liquid capacity measures shall have their maximum purported value...
s.027
(1) Apothecaries measures which are subdivided shall be made of...
s.028
(1) Liquid capacity measures of maximum purported values between 8...
s.029
Part II of Schedule I hereto shall have effect for...
s.030
The stamp shall be placed on liquid capacity measures as...
s.031
(1) Dry capacity measures shall be made of aluminium alloys,...
s.032
Dry capacity measures of a maximum purported value not exceeding...
s.033
(1) Dry capacity measures made of wood (other than measures...
s.034
Dry capacity measures shall have their purported values marked thereon...
s.035
(1) Dry capacity measures (other than measures made of wicker...
s.036
Part II of Schedule 1 hereto shall have effect for...
s.037
(1) Dry capacity measures made of metal shall be stamped...
s.039
Avoirdupois weights shall be of the flat-circular, bar, bell or...
s.040
Avoirdupois weights of the flat-circular type shall—
s.041
Every avoirdupois weight of the bell type of a purported...
s.042
(1) Apothecaries weights and troy weights of a purported value...
s.043
Metric weights (other than carat (metric) weights), including counterpoises—
s.044
(1) Weights made of iron shall be blacked, black-leaded, oxidised...
s.045
Weights shall be free from flaws and smooth on all...
s.046
(1) Weights shall have their purported values conspicuously, legibly and...
s.047
(1) Avoirdupois weights (other than those made of stainless steel)...
s.048
The adjusting holes in all weights shall be in the...
s.049
No avoirdupois weight (other than one made of stainless steel)...
s.050
(1) In the case of weights of the flat-circular type...
s.051
(1) The adjusting holes in weights made of iron other...
s.052
(1) The adjusting holes in weights other than weights made...
s.053
The inspector shall not test any weight unless his testing...
s.054
In testing any weight, the inspector shall—
s.055
Part III of Schedule 1 here to shall have effect...
s.056
(1) Weights shall be stamped on the lead in the...
s.057
Notwithstanding anything contained in Parts VII to XIV relating to...
s.058
(1) New weighing instruments shall have their maker's name and...
s.059
All knife-edges and bearings in weighing instruments shall be of...
s.060
(1) All removable counterpoises weighing 1 ounce or more and...
s.061
Weighing instruments with removable parts, the removal of which would...
s.062
Where weighing instruments have interchangeable or reversible parts, the interchange...
s.063
All graduations on weighing instruments shall be so defined that...
s.064
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, in testing...
s.065
Movable weighing instruments provided with a base shall be tested...
s.066
Weighing instruments which are designed to be suspended when in...
s.067
(1) Weighing instruments used in any of the following transactions,...
s.068
(1) Unless otherwise provided in these Regulations, vibrating weighing instruments...
s.069
Vibrating weighing instruments shall be tested for error by ascertaining...
s.070
Accelerating weighing instruments shall be tested for error by ascertaining...
s.071
In testing weighing instruments fitted with a price computing mechanism,...
s.072
No beam scale shall— (a) if constructed with swan-neck ends,...
s.073
Beam scales which are constructed with swan-neck ends shall have...
s.074
(1) Any attachment for adjusting beam scales or balances shall...
s.075
All beam scales shall be indelibly marked either with the...
s.076
(1) In testing beam scales and balances, the inspector shall...
s.077
Parts I and II of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...
s.078
(1) In the case of beam scales, the stamp shall...
s.079
Counter machines shall not be constructed upon the accelerating weighing...
s.080
(1) Where the beam of a counter machine has two...
s.081
The bearing surfaces and points of contact of all stays,...
s.082
(1) Where a counter machine is adjusted by means of...
s.083
(1) In testing counter machines, the inspector shall satisfy himself—...
s.084
Parts I and III of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...
s.085
The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...
s.086
The extremity of the pointer of a spring balance shall...
s.087
The scales of spring balances shall be subdivided into approximately...
s.088
The maximum weights corresponding to the interval between consecutive graduations...
s.089
Where the graduations commence at any point of the scale...
s.090
Spring balances of capacities between 1 pound and 100 pounds...
s.091
Where spring balances are provided with an adjustable pointer, the...
s.092
Spring balances shall be tested at each numbered graduation and...
s.093
(1) Spring balances shall be tested by means of both...
s.094
Parts I and IV of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...
s.095
Spring balances may be tested for efficiency or ability to...
s.096
Spring balances shall not be tested for sensitiveness.
s.097
The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...
s.098
Steelyards shall be made of wrought iron or of steel...
s.099
In the case of every steelyard— (a) the shank shall...
s.100
Steelyards shall be tested at each numbered graduation by means...
s.101
Parts I and V of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...
s.102
The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...
s.103
(1) The bearing surfaces and points of contact of all...
s.104
(1) The goods platform of dead-weight machines shall not exceed...
s.105
The minimum movement of the beam from the horizontal in...
s.106
Loose balancing material for the adjustment of dead-weight machines shall...
s.107
(1) Dead-weight machines shall indicate the same weight within half...
s.108
Parts I and VI of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...
s.109
The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...
s.110
(1) The steelyard indicator of a platform weighing machine or...
s.111
The minimum movement from the horizontal of the steelyard indicator...
s.112
If a movable hutch, barrow, frame or bucket is used...
s.113
(1) Loose counterpoises for platform weighing machines and weighbridges shall...
s.114
In the case of small portable platform weighing machines for...
s.115
The balancing arrangement for platform weighing machines and weightbridges to...
s.116
In the case of platform weighing machines and weighbridges which...
s.117
Platform weighing machines and weighbridges for use in weighing in...
s.118
Platform weighing machines which are to be permanently fixed in...
s.119
In testing platform weighing machines and weighbridges, the inspector shall...
s.120
(1) In testing platform weighing machines fitted with relieving gear,...
s.121
Schedule 2 hereto shall have effect for prescribing limits of...
s.122
(1) On platform weighing machines and weighbridges fitted with dials,...
s.123
Loose counterpoises for platform weighing machines and weighbridges shall not...
s.124
All working parts of crane weighing machines shall be protected...
s.125
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s.126
The range of any balancing or adjusting arrangement for crane...
s.127
Crane weighing machines constructed upon the hydraulic principle, in the...
s.128
Crane weighing machines shall, if practicable, be tested at each...
s.129
Crane weighing machines fitted with dials shall not be tested...
s.130
The steelyard indicator or pointer on a crane weighing machine...
s.131
Parts I and X of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...
s.132
The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...
s.133
Subject to regulations 134 to 139 inclusive, every automatic weighing...
s.134
All beams of automatic weighing machines shall be identified with...
s.135
Any adjusting mechanism on automatic weighing machines shall be so...
s.136
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, every automatic...
s.137
(1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this regulation, in the...
s.138
Parts I and XI of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...
s.139
The stamp shall be placed on the plug or stud...
s.140
(1) In these Regulations the following expressions shall have the...
s.141
These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures...
Schedules
Schedules
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s.sch001
The prescribed limits of error for linear measures shall be—...
s.sch001
Imperial system End measures Line measures Measures made of metal:...
s.sch001
Metric system End measures Line measures Measures made of metal:...
s.sch002
Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Part of...
s.sch002
In the case of any weighing instrument which weighs in...
s.sch002
In the case of any weighing instrument of the self-indicating...
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