{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-beltweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-beltweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/386",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments (Beltweighers) (Use for Trade) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-beltweighers-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 a beltweigher unless—\n(a) it is compliant with the essential requirements, other than the provisions relating to maximum permissible errors referred to in paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Regulations;\n(b) the requirements of regulations 5 and 6 are complied with;\n(c) it has been erected and installed in accordance with the requirements of regulation 7; and\n(d) in the case of a beltweigher of an accuracy class set out in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 5 to the 2006 Regulations, it is within the maximum permissible error for that accuracy class as set out in column 2 of that Table.",
  "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/2007/386/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:39:26.994702+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."
}