{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-container-bottles-eec-requirements-regulations-1977/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-container-bottles-eec-requirements-regulations-1977/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/932",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Container Bottles (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-container-bottles-eec-requirements-regulations-1977",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The maximum permissible errors (positive or negative) in the capacity of a measuring container bottle, i.e. the greatest differences permitted (positive or negative) at a temperature of 20°C and under the control conditions laid down in Schedule 3, between the actual capacity and the nominal capacity Vn shall be in accordance with the following table:\nNormal capacity Vn in millilitres\nMaximum permissible errors\nas a % of Vn\nin millilitres\nfrom 50 to 100\n3\nfrom 100 to 200\n3\nfrom 200 to 300\n6\nfrom 300 to 500\n2\nfrom 500 to 1 000\n10\nfrom 1 000 to 5 000\n1\nThe maximum permissible error in the brim capacity shall be the same as the maximum permissible error in the corresponding nominal capacity. The systematic exploitation of tolerances shall be prohibited.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/932/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:58:30.262532+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}