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Regulation 17 Marking of scale marks on graduated or subdivided measuresI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The scale marks of a graduated or subdivided 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 metric and imperial 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.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 17 in operation at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1(1)