{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1153",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Manufacturers' responsibilities – design, conformity assessment and marking of regulated measuring instruments",
  "text": "(1) A manufacturer must not place on the market or put into use a regulated measuring instrument unless the manufacturer has—\n(a) designed and manufactured the instrument in accordance with the essential requirements;\n(b) drawn up technical documentation in relation to the instrument;\n(c) carried out (or procured the carrying out of) the relevant conformity assessment procedure which has demonstrated compliance of the instrument with the applicable requirements;\n(d) drawn up a declaration of conformity; and\n(e) affixed to the instrument or where paragraph (2) applies in respect of the UK marking, to a label affixed to a product or to a document accompanying the product—\n(i) the UK marking; and\n(ii) the M marking.\n(2) For a period of seven years beginning with IP completion day, the UK marking may be affixed to—\n(a) a label affixed to the instrument; or\n(b) to a document accompanying the instrument.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 renumbered as reg. 7(1) (E.W.S) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(a) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 19(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 7(1)(d) substituted (E.W.S) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(b) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 19(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1)(e) inserted (E.W.S) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(c)(i) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 19(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 7(1)(e) substituted (E.W.S) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(c)(ii) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 19(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2) inserted (E.W.S) by S.I. 2019/696, Sch. 27 para. 5(d) (as substituted by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 19(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1393), regs. 1(1), 3, Sch. 2 para. (p)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1153/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:40.726189+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."
}