{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-beltweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-beltweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Manner of use",
  "text": "(1) Where a beltweigher is marked with a temperature range, it shall not be used for trade in temperatures outside that range.\n(2) Where a beltweigher 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) A beltweigher of accuracy class 2 shall only be used for trade for weighing any of the materials to which the expression “ballast” applies in Schedule 4 to the 1981 Order.\n(4) A beltweigher shall not be used for trade in such a manner as to cause—\n(a) spillage of material from the belt; or\n(b) loading of the weighing unit above its maximum capacity.\n(5) A beltweigher 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.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 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/5",
    "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."
}