{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-capacity-measures-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1995/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/735",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-capacity-measures-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;\n“BS 604: 1982” means the British Standard specification for graduated glass measuring cylinders;\n“BS 1922: 1987” means the British Standard specification for glass dispensing measures for pharmaceutical purposes;\n“BS 6001: Part 1: 1991” means the British Standard specification for sampling procedures for inspection by attributes;\n“BS 6002: Part 1: 1993” means the British Standard Specification for single sampling plans indexed by acceptable quality level (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection;\n“BS 6696: 1986” means the British Standard methods for use and testing of volumetric glassware;\n“digital” means capable of assigning only certain discrete values or positions within a continuous range by a series of discontinuous steps;\n“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 one millimetre movement of the pointer; and in this definition, “analogue” means capable of assigning any value or position within a continuous range;\n“double measure” means a measure comprising two parts, each part being a capacity measure;\n“EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement ... but until the EEA Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein does not include the State of Liechtenstein; and “the EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;\n“graduated measure” means a measure with more than four scale marks or, in the case of a measure which is both a metric and imperial measure, in each of metric and imperial units;\n“the prescribed limits of error” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 15;\n“the stamp” means the prescribed stamp;\n“sub-divided measure” means a measure with four or fewer scale marks or, in the case of a measure which is both a metric and imperial measure, in each of metric and imperial units; and\n“suitable weighing machine” means a weighing machine, which complies with the requirements of the Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Weights and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1986, having a discrimination threshold and a repeatability in grams not exceeding one-fifth of the appropriate limit of error expressed in millimetres relating to the standard, equipment or measure it is used to test.\n(2) The abbreviations of, and symbols for, units of measurement used in these Regulations refer to the relevant units as follows—\ngallon\ngal\nquart\nqt\npint\npt\nfluid ounce\nfl oz\nlitre\nl or L\ncentilitre\ncl or cL\nmillilitre\nml\ndegree Celsius\n°C.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Weighing and Measuring Equipment and Meters (Amendment of Secondary Legislation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1387), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 6(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 10.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "ISBN No. 0 580 12515 7, published by the British Standards Institution in April 1952, as amended in February 1982."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "ISBN No. 0 580 15701 6, published by the British Standards Institution in April 1953, as amended in January 1969 and January 1987."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "ISBN No. 0 580 195732 2, published by the British Standards Institution on 30th March 1972, as amended in May 1991."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "ISBN No. 0 580 22581 X, published by the British Standards Institution on 15th November 1993."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "ISBN No. 0 580 15076 3, published by the British Standards Institution on 28th February 1986."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See S.I. 1968/1615."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1685."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/735/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:13:11.400557+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."
}