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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1988-revoked/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1988-revoked/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/186",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1988-revoked",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "Any examination carried out by an inspector for the purposes of EEC initial verification shall relate in particular, in accordance with the requirements of the relevant Directive, to–\n(a) the measurement characteristics of the instrument;\n(b) the maximum permissible errors laid down by the relevant Directive;\n(c) the construction of the instrument, with regard to ensuring that the measurement characteristics do not deteriorate to any material degree under normal conditions of use; and\n(d) the presence of any inscriptions required by the relevant Directive and any plug, seal or plate designed for use for the reception of an EEC mark.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked with savings (1.12.2015) by The Weights and Measures (Revocations) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/356), reg. 1(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 3 (with Sch. Pt. 2 para. 5 (as amended on IP completion day by S.I. 2019/696, reg. 1, Sch. 17 para. 1(3)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 14.3.1988, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/186/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:12:17.437867+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."
}