{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-automatic-catchweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-automatic-catchweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/383",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments (Automatic Catchweighers) (Use for Trade) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-automatic-catchweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Requirements for use for trade",
  "text": "A person shall not use for trade an automatic catchweigher unless—\n(a) it is compliant with the essential requirements other than the provisions relating to maximum permissible errors referred to in paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Regulations;\n(b) the requirements of regulations 5 to 8 are complied with;\n(c) it has been erected and installed in accordance with the requirements of regulation 9;\n(d) in the case of an automatic catchweigher of accuracy class Y(I), Y(II), Y(a), or Y(b) in automatic operation, it is within the maximum permissible error for that instrument as set out in Table 1 in Schedule 5 to the 2006 Regulations; and\n(e) in the case of an automatic catchweigher of accuracy class Y(I), Y(II), Y(a) or Y(b) in non-automatic operation, it is within the maximum permissible error for that instrument as set out in Table 2 in Schedule 5 to the 2006 Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 15.10.2007, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/383/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:39:29.388245+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."
}