UK Statutory Instrument SI 1986/1682 United Kingdom

The Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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s.017 Every measure of length shall be conspicuously, legibly and durably... Regulated
  • Mark measuring equipment with length, manufacturer and tractive forceManufacturer
30 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and revocation
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application
s.004 Subject to Regulation 5 below, every measure of length shall...
s.005 Every measure of length shall be sufficiently strong and resistant...
s.006 Where an end measure or composite measure is made of...
s.007 The terminal surfaces of end measures and of composite measures...
s.008 Every rigid measure of length, including folding measures, shall be...
s.009 Every flexible measure of length shall be constructed so that...
s.010 Winding devices for flexible measures of length shall be constructed...
s.011 Where a measure of length is marked with a reference...
s.012 Where a measure of length is marked with a tractive...
s.013 (1) Every measure of length which is graduated shall be...
s.014 Where the scale marks on a measure of length are...
s.015 The numbering of graduated measures of length shall be—
s.016 Where a graduated measure of length is a folding measure,...
s.017 Any measure of length marked in accordance with regulation 17...
s.018 Every measure of length which is not graduated or subdivided...
s.019 (1) Every measure of length may be marked (in the...
s.020 No person shall use a measure of length for trade...
s.021 Every measure of length submitted for testing shall be in...
s.022 Every measure of length shall be tested by comparison with...
s.023 The inspector shall test the nominal length and, in the...
s.023 Statistical Sampling
s.023 Measures of Length imported from a member State or an EEA State
s.024 The prescribed limits of error relating to measures of length...
s.025 (1) Save in the case of measures of length imported...
s.026 (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, measures of...
s.027 The stamp shall be obliterated on any measure of length...
s.028 (1) An inspector shall obliterate the stamp on any measure...
Schedules

Schedules

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s.sch002 Inspection procedures
s.sch002 Interpretation

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