# Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998, Regulation 10: Testing of nominal capacity and scale marks of capacity measures

Extent: N.I.

(1) The inspector shall test the nominal capacity and all the scale marks or, in the case of a graduated measure, such of them as he considers necessary.
(2) The capacity of a measure shall be the volume at 20°C when the measure is on a horizontal surface and—
(a) in the case of a line measure, the bottom part of the meniscus coincides with the top of the line; or
(b) in the case of a brim measure, the surface of the liquid is in the same plane as the brim.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/48/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-capacity-measures-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-10
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