{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-measures-of-length-regulations-1986/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-measures-of-length-regulations-1986/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1682",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-measures-of-length-regulations-1986",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;\n“composite measure” means a measure of length where one of its principal scale marks is a surface and the other is a line, hole or mark;\n“end measure” means a measure of length where its principal scale marks are formed by two surfaces;\n“measure of length” means a linear measure set out in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Act;\n“nominal length” means the maximum length in metric ... units which a measure of length is designed to measure in one measurement;\n“prescribed limits of error” has the meaning set out in Regulation 24 below;\n“principal scale marks” mean the two surfaces, lines, holes or marks (or combination thereof) on a measure of length the distance between which is the nominal length of the measure;\n“the stamp” means the prescribed stamp; and\n“terminal surface” means a surface forming one of the principal scale marks.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (5.12.1986) by The Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/2109), regs. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1851), regs. 1, 2(2), Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 27.10.1986, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1968/1615."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1682/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:40:43.844688+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."
}