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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-5/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016",
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  "text": "Conformity assessment bodies and their personnel must—\n(a) carry out the conformity assessment activities with the highest degree of professional integrity and the requisite technical competence in the specific field; and\n(b) be free from all pressures and inducements, particularly financial, which might influence—\n(i) their judgement or\n(ii) the results of their conformity assessment activities, especially as regards persons or groups of persons with an interest in those activities.",
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