{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-capacity-measures-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1995/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-capacity-measures-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1995/regulation-5.json",
  "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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Materials and principles of construction of capacity measures",
  "text": "Capacity measures shall be made of any of the following materials—\n(a) aluminium alloy;\n(b) enamelled metal;\n(c) glass;\n(d) plated, tinned, galvanized or stainless steel;\n(e) plastic material which resists deformation under hand pressure and does not split or show signs of striation after immersion in water at 95 °C for 10 minutes;\n(f) silver or silver alloy; or\n(g) any other material which is rigid, stable and sufficiently durable for normal use for trade.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 10.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/735/regulation/5",
    "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."
}