Regulation 17 Marking of scale marks on graduated or sub-divided measuresI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The scale marks of a graduated or sub-divided measure shall be marked with their purported values—

(a)

in the case of a metric measure, either in metric units alone or in both metric and imperial units;

(b)

in the case of an imperial measure, either in imperial units alone or in both imperial and metric units; and

(c)

in the case of a measure which is both a metric and imperial measure, in both metric and imperial units.

(2)

In this regulation—

“scale mark” does not include the mark of the nominal capacity; and
“metric measure”, “imperial measure” and “metric and imperial measure” mean, respectively, a measure the nominal capacity of which is given in metric units only, in imperial units only or in both metric and imperial units.

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