Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations —

• “the Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;

• “analogue” means capable of assigning any value or position within a continuous range;

• “capacity serving measure” means a capacity measure made of transparent glass or plastic and intended to determine a specified volume of intoxicating liquor for delivery to the consumer;

• “digital” means capable of assigning only certain discrete values or positions within a continuous range by a series of discontinuous steps;

• “discrimination threshold” means, in the case of weighing equipment with a digital indicator, the weight which produces a change of reading of one digit, and in the case of weighing equipment with an analogue indicator, the weight which produces a 1 millimetre movement of the pointer; and

• “the stamp” means the prescribed stamp^f1.

The abbreviations of, and symbols for, units of measurement used in these Regulations refer to the relevant units as follows —