{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-beltweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-beltweighers-use-for-trade-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-7.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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Manner of erection and installation",
  "text": "(1) Every beltweigher shall be so positioned as to facilitate cleaning and testing.\n(2) The installation of a beltweigher shall be so designed that an automatic weighing operation will be the same for testing as for a transaction.\n(3) Every beltweigher shall be erected in such a way that it is possible to carry out a material test in the place where it is to be used, including in particular the depositing on or removal from the belt of material test loads in a reliable and easy manner, without disrupting the normal operation of the beltweigher.\n(4) If any special equipment for a beltweigher, as referred to in paragraph 9(5) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Regulations, is not a permanent fixture of the instrument it shall be kept in the vicinity of the instrument.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 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/7",
    "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."
}