{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-automatic-catchweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-automatic-catchweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where an automatic catchweigher is marked with a temperature range, it shall not be used for trade in temperatures outside that range.\n(2) Where an automatic catchweigher bears a mark which signifies the manner and purpose of use, it shall not be used for trade in a manner or for a purpose which does not accord with that marking.\n(3) An automatic catchweigher of accuracy class Y(b) shall only be used for weighing ballast or waste.\n(4) An automatic catchweigher shall not be used for trade in circumstances—\n(a) in which it may be prevented from operating consistently or accurately; or\n(b) which are likely prematurely to degrade its metrological characteristics.\n(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3), “waste” shall be construed in accordance with Article 2 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, and shall include any waste disposed of for reprocessing or recycling purposes but shall not include any radioactive waste as defined in section 2 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in operation at 15.10.2007, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/383/regulation/8",
    "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."
}