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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-1B/part-7/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-1B/part-7/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1153",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1B/part/7/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Verification",
  "text": "An approved body chosen by the manufacturer shall carry out the appropriate examinations and tests, or have them carried out, to verify the conformity of the instruments with the type as described in the type examination certificate and the appropriate requirements of these Regulations.\nThe examinations and tests to verify the conformity of the regulated measuring instruments with the appropriate requirements shall be carried out, at the choice of the manufacturer, either by examination and testing of every instrument as specified in paragraph 4, or by examination and testing of the regulated measuring instruments on a statistical basis as specified in paragraph 5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 1A-1K inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 27 para. 49 (with Sch. 27 para. 50(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1153/schedule/1B/part/7/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}